μυχός
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
μυχός
μυχοῦ
Structure:
μυχ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- the innermost place, inmost nook or corner
- the inmost part of a house, the women's apartments
- a bay or creek
Declension
Second declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- οἱ δὲ τὴν ἀδύνατον ὄντωσ νύκτα καὶ ἐξ ἀδυνάτου ᾅδου μυχῶν ἐπελθοῦσαν, τὸν αὐτὸν ὕπνον κοιμώμενοι, (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 17:14)
- τάλαιναι κόραι τάλαιναι Φρυγῶν, ὦ κατάρατοι, ποῖ καί με φυγᾷ πτώσσουσι μυχῶν; (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric4)
- χρόνῳ δ’ ἀνελθὼν ἐξ ἀνηλίων μυχῶν Αἵδου Κόρησ <τ’> ἔνερθεν, οὐκ ἀτιμάσω θεοὺσ προσειπεῖν πρῶτα τοὺσ κατὰ στέγασ. (Euripides, Heracles, episode, anapests 5:9)
- τίνα φυγὰν πτερόεσσαν ἢ χθονὸσ ὑπὸ σκοτίων μυχῶν πορευθῶ, θανάτου λεύσιμον ἄταν ἀποφεύγουσα, τεθρίππων ὠκιστᾶν χαλᾶν ἐπιβᾶσ’, ἢ πρύμνασ ἐπὶ ναῶν; (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric3)
- τὸ μέντοι γε πολὺ τούτου βαθείαισ καὶ κακοπαθέσι μεταλλείαισ εὑρίσκεται κατὰ τὸν Φαληρέα Δημήτριον ἐλπιζούσησ τῆσ πλεονεξίασ ἀνάξειν ἐκ τῶν μυχῶν τῆσ γῆσ αὐτὸν τὸν Πλούτωνα, χαριεντιζόμενοσ γοῦν φησιν ὅτι πολλάκισ καταναλώσαντεσ τὰ φανερὰ τῶν ἀδήλων ἕνεκα ἃ μὲν ἔμελλον οὐκ ἔλαβον, ἃ δ’ εἶχον ἀπέβαλον ὥσπερ αἰνίγματοσ τρόπον ἀτυχοῦντεσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 1944)
Synonyms
-
the inmost part of a house
- εἱρκτή (an inclosure, prison, the inner part of the house)
- μέγαρον (the women's apartment)
- πύργος (the part of the house where women live)
-
a bay or creek