μῦς

μῦς, ὁ (even of the female, Philem. 126; ὁ θῆλυς [μ.] Ael. NA 12.10); gen. 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 oneʼs 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. mú̄s, Lat. mūs, OHG., OE., ONorse mūs; the signf. muscle (IV supr.) belongs also to OHG., OE., ONorse mūs, Dutch muis, and to the Dim., Lat. musculus, cf. OSlav. myšica ‘arm’ (lit. ‘little mouseʼ); cf. σμῦς.)

μῦς, μοός, ὁ,
1) die Maus, mus, Ar. Vesp. 206 u. Folgde. sprichwörtlich μῦς ἐν πίετῃ, ἐν ἅλμῃ, μῦς πίττης γεύεται, die Maus steckt im Pech, unser »er ist in der Tinte«, Paroemiogr.; Dem. 50.28 ; – μῦς λευκός, ein geiler Lustling, Phot.; vgl. Philem. bei Ael. H.A. 12.10.
2) die Miesmuschel, μύαξ ; Aesch. fr. 22 ; Philyll. u. A. bei Ath. III.86e ; Antiphan. ib. VII.295c.
3) eine große Wallfischart, der Bartenwallfisch, musculus, Arist. H.A. 3.12.
4) die Muskel, Maus, Theocr. 22.48 u. Medic.
[Υ ist in den zwei- u. dreisilbigen Casus, wie in den Zusammensetzungen immer kurz. Vgl. aber μυών u. μυοδόκος.]

μῦς

• • ILat. mus, a mouse, Batr.; μ. ἀρουραῖος the field-mouse, or the hamster, Hdt.; μῦς πίσσας γεύεται, proverb. of one who is tempted to eat and finds himself caught, Theocr.
  • IIa muscle of the body, Lat. musculus, Theocr.