A). μῠός Cratin. 53 , Alc.Com. 22 ; acc. μῦν Arcesil. 1 D.; voc. μῦ AP 11.391 ( Lucill.); nom. pl. μύες [ῠ] Ar. Ach. 762 , Anaxandr. 41.61 (anap.), μῦες dub. in Epich. 44 , also μῦς Antiph. 193 , Herod. 3.76 ; acc. pl. μύας [ῠ] Epich. 42.5 , Posidipp. 14 , μῦς Hdt. 2.141 , Philyll. 13 ; dat. pl. μῡσί Hdn.Gr. 2.642 , μῠσί(ν) Batr. 174 , 178 , al.:—mouse or rat, Batr. 173 , etc.: sg. in collect. sense, οὐδὲ τὸμ μῦν ἑτοιμάζονται θηρεύειν PCair.Zen. 300.17 (iii B. C.); μ. ἀρουραῖος literally the field-mouse, but prob. hamster, Cricetus vulgaris, Hdt. l. c.; prov., μ. πίττης γεύεται, of one who tempted by some apparent good finds himself in inextricable difficulties, 'burn one's fingers', 'catch a Tartar', D. 50.26 ; μῦς .. γεύμεθα πίσσας Theoc. 14.51 ; ὅκως χώρης οἱ μῦς ὁμοίως τὸν σίδηρον τρώγουσιν, i. e. for lack of food, Herod. l. c., cf. Antig. Car. ap. St.Byz. s.v. Γύαρος; κατὰ μυὸς ὄλεθρον , of a lingering death, Philem. 211 , Men. 219 , cf. Herod. 5.68 (s. v. l.), Ael. NA 12.10 ; μ. λευκός a lewd person, Philem. 126 .

2). jerboa, Dipus aegyptiacus, Hdt. 4.192 , Arist. HA 581a3 , al.

II). a shell-fish, mussel, A. Fr. 34 , Philyll. l. c., Arist. HA 547b11 (s. v. l.), al., prob. in PCair.Zen. 82.11 (iii B. C.).

III). a large kind of whale, Arist. HA 519a23 (s. v. l.); but μ. θαλάττιος file-fish, Balistes capriscus, = Lat. mus marinus, Ael. NA 9.41 , cf. Diph.Siph. ap. Ath. 8.355f , Marc.Sid. 30 , Opp. H. 1.174 ; μ. θ. prob. sea-water mussel, Heraclid.Tar. ap. Ath. 3.120d .

IV). muscle of the body, Hp. de Arte 10 , Arist. Pr. 885a37 , Theoc. 22.48 , etc.

V). gag (as if from μύω), Herod. 3.85 .

VI). μυὸς ὦτα, v. μυοσωτίς . (Cf. Skt. mū´s, Lat. mūs, OHG., O E., ONorse mūs; the signf. muscle (IV supr.) belongs also to OHG., O E., ONorse mūs, Dutch muis, and to the Dim., Lat. musculus, cf. OSlav. myšica 'arm' (lit. 'little mouse'); cf. σμῦς.)