μυρμηκιά1
μυρμηκ-ιά or μυρμηκ-ία, ἡ,
II). metaph.,
1). throng of people, as in a crowded lecture-room, ; also μ. ἀγαθῶν Com.Adesp. 828 .
2). ᾄδων (sic Fritzsche pro ἄγων) ἐκτραπέλους μυρμηκιάς trills and arpeggios, 145.23 ; cf. μύρμηξ 1.2 .
III). wart, differing from ἀκροχορδών, which has a neck, whereas μυρμηκία spreads under the skin, also the irritation caused thereby, which was compared to the creeping of ants, Liqu. 4 , 2.225 , 1.68 , ap. 45.14.1 , 4.195 .
2). similar disease in a horse, Hippiatr. 82 .