μυρμηκιά

μυρμηκ-ιά or μυρμηκ-ία, ἡ,

• ant-hill, Dinol. 12 (nisi leg. -ιᾶν), Arist. HA 534b23, Thphr. Sign. 22.
• • II metaph.,
  • • 1 throng of people, as in a crowded lecture-room, Hsch.; also μ. ἀγαθῶν Com.Adesp. 828.
    • 2 ᾄδων (sic Fritzsche pro ἄγων) ἐκτραπέλους μυρμηκιάς trills and arpeggios, Pherecr. 145.23; cf. μύρμηξ I.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, Hp. Liqu. 4, Ph. 2.225, Dsc. 1.68, Heliod. ap. Orib. 45.14.1, Poll. 4.195.
  • • 2 similar disease in a horse, Hippiatr. 82.

μυρμηκιά, ἡ, Ameisenhaufe ; Arist. H.A. 4.8 ; Luc. Icarom. 19, Plut. u. a.Sp. sprichwörtlich ὁ πτύσας εἰς μυρμηκιὰν οἰδεῖ τὰ χείλη, Hesych. u. A.; μ. ἀγαθῶν ἐπὶ πλήθους εὐδαιμονίας, Zen. 1.11.
Uebertr., eine Menge, eine Versammlung, z.B. von Schülern, dah. Hesych. es auch erkl. ἐπὶ διδασκαλείου καὶ συμφοιτήσεως.