Sense

1. the innermost place, inmost nook or corner
2. the inmost part of a house, the women's apartments
3. a bay or creek

Examples

• καὶ μὴν τὸν Οἰκλέουσ γε γενναῖον τόκον θεοὶ ζῶντ’ ἀναρπάσαντεσ ἐσ μυχοὺσ χθονὸσ αὐτοῖσ τεθρίπποισ εὐλογοῦσιν ἐμφανῶσ· (Euripides, Suppliants, episode, iambic1)
• ᾗ δ’ ἂν διοίξῃσ σφάγια καὶ τρώσῃσ φόνον ὀξύστομον μάχαιραν ἐσ γαίασ μυχοὺσ κρύψον παρ’ αὐτὰσ ἑπτὰ πυρκαιὰσ νεκρῶν· (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:4)
• βάλλων γὰρ οἴκων τῶνδ’ ἀναρρήξω μυχούσ. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric 1:6)
• πιμπρᾶσιν ‐ ἢ τί δρῶσι ‐ Τρῳάδεσ μυχούσ, ὡσ ἐξάγεσθαι τῆσδε μέλλουσαι χθονὸσ πρὸσ Ἄργοσ, αὑτῶν τ’ ἐκπυροῦσι σώματα θανεῖν θέλουσαι; (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, iambic5)
• ἐπεὶ θανὼν γῆσ ἦλθ’ Ἀλέξανδροσ μυχούσ, χρῆν μ’, ἡνίκ’ οὐκ ἦν θεοπόνητά μου λέχη, λιποῦσαν οἴκουσ ναῦσ ἐπ’ Ἀργείων μολεῖν. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode 2:7)

Similar forms

• μυχοῦ (54)
• μυχὸν (43)
• μυχόν (23)
• μυχοὺς (19)
• μυχοῖς (15)
• μυχὸς (9)
• μυχούς (7)
• μυχός (4)
• μυχοί (2)
• μυχόθεν (2)
• μυχόνδε (2)
• μυχοῖσι (2)
• μυχοὶ (2)
• μυχοῖο (1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.