μυῖα
μυῖα, Att. μῦα Thphr. HP 3.7.5, Phot.: ἡ:—
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"definition": "<i>fly,</i> Il. 2.469, 4.131, Simon. 32, etc.; <i>carrion-fly, bluebottle,</i> Il. 19.25, 31; <i>gall-insect,</i> Thphr. l.c.: prov., μυίης θάρσος, of excessive boldness, Il. 17.570; ἐάν τις . . ὥσπερ μ. πρόσπτηται X. Mem. 3.11.5; δειπνεῖν ἄκλητος μ. <i>a fly</i> for coming to dinner uninvited, Antiph. 195.7; ἐλέφαντα ἐκ μυίας ποιεῖν ‘to make a mountain out of a molehill’, Luc. Musc.Enc. 12; μυῖα στρατιῶτις, μ. κύων, ibid.; δραίνω μυῖʼ ὅσον Herod. 1.15.",
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"definition": "χαλκῆ μυῖα a game like <i>blindmanʼs-buff,</i> Id. 9a, Poll. 9.123; cf. μυΐνδα.",
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"definition": "<i>bees,</i> Eust. 257.6. (Cf. Lith. musià ‘fly’, Lat. musca, etc.)",
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