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1 ἁδινός
A close, thick: hence in Hom.,1 crowded, thronging, ἁ. κῆρ, like πυκιναὶ φρένες, in physical sense, Il.16.481, Od.19.516; of bees, flies, sheep, Il.2.87, 469, Od.1.92.2 vehement, loud, of sounds,ἁ. γόος Il.18.316
; Σειρῆνες ἁ. the loud-voiced Sirens, Od.23.326. Adv. - νῶς frequently, or loudly, vehemently,ἁ. ἀνενείκατο Il.19.314
: neut. as Adv.,ἁδινὸν γοόωσα Od.4.721
;ἁ. μυκώμεναι 10.413
: pl.,ἁδινὰ στεναχίζων Il. 23.225
;κλαῖ' ἁ. 24.510
: [comp] Comp.ἁδινώτερον Od.16.216
:—rare in Lyr. and Trag., ἁ. δάκος a deep bite, Pi.P.2.53; ἁ. δάκρυα thick-falling tears, S.Tr. 848 (lyr.); βίοτος ἁ. abundant, Tim.Pers.29; and freq. in A.R., ἁ. ὕπνος, κῶμα abundant, deep sleep, 3.616, 748; ἁ. εὐνή frequent wedded joys, 3.1206. (Aristarch. wrote ἁδ-, cf. ἁδρός.) -
2 ἑλίσσω
ἑλίσσω or [full] ἐλίσσω (the latter more freq. in codd. of Hom.), [dialect] Att. [suff] ἑλιξό-ττω, [dialect] Ep. inf.A- έμεν Il.23.309
; [dialect] Ion. [full] εἰλίσσω or [full] εἱλίσσω (εἱ. is found in codd. of Hdt. (v. infr.), butκατ-ελίσσειν Hp.
Acut.(Sp.) 37,κατειλίξαι Id.Morb.2.18
, al.): [tense] fut. : [tense] aor. ( εἵλ- codd., butκατ-ειλίξας IG22.204.32
); part.ἑλίξας Il.23.466
, [dialect] Ion.εἰλίξας Hdt.4.34
:—[voice] Med., Il.23.320: [tense] fut.ἑλίξομαι 17.728
: [tense] aor.ἑλιξάμην 12.467
,17.283:—[voice] Pass.,[tense] fut.ἑλιγήσομαι LXXIs.34.4
: [tense] aor.1 ; part.ἑλιχθείς Il.12.74
: [tense] pf. ,ἐλήλιγμαι Paus.10.17.12
: [tense] plpf. ; [dialect] Ion. [ per.] 3pl.εἱλίχατο Hdt.7.90
. —The [dialect] Ion. form is found in Trag. (v. infr., codd. usu. εἱλ-; but τ' εἰ.A.Pr. 138 (lyr., cod. [voice] Med.), cf.Ar.Ra. 1314, 1348 (cod. Rav.)), in IG l.c., and codd. of Pl. (as Ti.l.c.,ἀν-ειλίττων Phlb. 15e
); ἐπειλίξας is f.l. in D.23.161. (ϝελ-, ἐϝελ-, cf. εἴλω, ἐλελίζω ad fin.):— turn round or about: [voice] Act. in Hom. always of turning a chariot round the doublingpost, οἶσθα γὰρ εὖ περὶ τέρματ' ἐλισσέμεν [ἵππους] Il.23.309,cf. 466.2 generally, roll, ἑ. βίου πόρον roll life's stream along, Pi.I.8(7).15; of the chariot of Day, (anap.);ἥλιος.. εἱλίσσων φλόγα E.Ph.3
; εἰ. κόνιν roll the eddying dust, A.Pr. 1085 (anap.); ἑ. δίνας, of the Euripus, E.IT7, cf. 1103 (lyr.); ἑ. κόρας, βλέφαρα, Id.HF 868 (troch.), Or. 1266(lyr.).3 of any rapid motion, ἅλιον.. ἑ. πλάταν ply it swiflly, S.Aj. 358 (lyr.); of the dance, ἑ. πόδα move the swift foot, cj. in E.Or. 171 (lyr.), cf.IA 215(lyr.); εἱ. θιάσους lead the dancing bands, Id.IT 1145 (lyr.);ἑ. χορούς Stratt.66.5
: abs., dance, E.Ph. 234 (lyr.), cf. Or. 1292 (whence ἑ. τινά dance in honour of.., Id.HF 690 (lyr.), IA 1480 (lyr.)); ἑ. βωμόν dance round it, Call. Del. 321.4 roll or wind round,πλόκαμον περὶ ἄτ ρακτον Hdt.4.34
, cf. 2.38; λίνον ἠλακάτᾳ δακτύλοις ἑ. E.Or. 1432 (lyr.); χεῖρας ἀμφὶ γόνυ ἑ. clasp them round.., Id.Ph. 1622.5 metaph., turn in one's mind, revolve, τοιαῦθ' ἑ. S.Ant. 231, cf. Pl.Epin. 978d;μῆτιν A.R.1.463
; ἑ. κακοὺς λόγους speak wily words, E.Or. 892.6 κόλπους ἑ. form winding reaches, of rivers, D.P.630;ἀγκῶνας Id.979
.II [voice] Med. and [voice] Pass., turn oneself round or about (but in Il. 12.49 εἱλίσσεθ' ἑταίρους (as read by Nicanor) rallied his comrades), ἑλιχθέντων ὑπ' Ἀχαιῶν when they turned to face the foe, ib.74, cf. 408; so of a wild boar, ἑλιξάμενος having turned to bay, 17.283; of a serpent, coil himself,ἑλισσόμενος περὶ χειῇ 22.95
; ἡ δέ τ' ἐλισσομένη πέτεται (sc. καλαῦροψ ) the shepherd's staff flies spinning through the air, 23.846; κνίση.. ἑλισσομένη περὶ καπνῷ rolling with the smoke, 1.317; ἑλισσόμενοι περὶ δίνας whirled round in the eddies, 21.11; of a river,δίνῃς ἀργυρέῃς εἱλιγμένος Hes.Th. 791
, cf. D.S.1.32; of the waves,τὸ ἑλισσόμενον αἰεὶ κυμάτων Pi.N.6.55
; of ocean, ; ὧραι ἑλισσόμεναι the circling hours, Pi. O.4.3.2 turn hither and thither, go about,ἀν' ὅμιλον Il.12.49
; καθ' ὅμιλον ib. 467; ἑλίσσετο ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα turned himself hither and thither, doubting what to do, Od.20.24.3 metaph., to be constantly in or about a thing,περὶ φύσας Il.18.372
; ἔν τινι, εἴς τι, Pl.Tht. 194b, Porph. ap. Eus.PE3.4: c. gen., μέλιτός τε καὶ ἔργων εἱλίσσονται (sc. μέλισσαι) Arat.1030.5 [voice] Med. in act. sense, ἧκε δέ μιν σφαιρηδὸν ἑλιξάμενος he threw it with a whirl like a ball, Il.13.204.6 τὰς κεφαλὰς εἱλίχατο μίτρῃσι have their heads rolled round with turbans, Hdt.7.90. -
3 μυῖα
Grammatical information: f.Meaning: `fly' (Il.).Other forms: also μῦαCompounds: Some compp., e.g. μυ(ι)ο-σόβη f. `fan against flies, fly-flap' (Delos IIIa, Men.), μύωψ m. `horse-fly; goad, spur' (s. v.), κυνά-μυια f. `dog-fly' (s. v.).Derivatives: 1. μυϊ̃τις, - ιδος f. = θλάσπι, `Capsella bursa pastoris' (Ps.-Dsc.; Redard 71), also μυιό-πτερον (ibd.), as the separating wall of the fruit was compared with the wing of a fly (Strömberg Pflanzennamen 55). -- 2. μυιϊκός `belonging to a fly' (gloss.), μυιώδης name of a god in Elis, who was also called μυί-αγρος "fly-catcher" (Plin.). -- 3. μυΐνδα παίζειν `play the game μυῖα χαλκῆ' (Poll., H.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [752]Etymology: Formation with ι̯α-suffix like νῆσσα, κίσσα and other animals' names (Chantraine Form. 98). Old word for `fly, mosquito', found in several languages, but because of its popular character subject to all kinds of transformations. PGr. *μύσ-ι̯α, from where μυῖα, agrees best with Lith. mus-ià, mus-ė̃ `fly' and with Slav., e.g. OCS mьš-i-ca `mosquito'. Beside it with k-suffix Lat. mus-ca `fly', with n-suffix Arm. mun, gen. mn-oy `mosquito', if from * mus-no-. Also an s-less basis * mu-no- is possible as a.o. in OWNo. my n. from PNord. *mū-i̯a- n. There are also forms with (secondarily developped ?) velar: Germ., e.g. OHG mucka ' Mücke', with ou-diphthong: Slav., e.g. OCS and Russ. múcha `fly' (IE * mousā) etc., s. WP. 2, 311, Pok. 752, W.-Hofmann s. musca, Fraenkel s. musė̃, Vasmer s. móška; everywhere more forms; on the morphology also Specht Ursprung 43, 203 a. 235. -- Onomatop. origin (from the humming) is quite possible, s. e.g. W.-Hofmann.Page in Frisk: 2,265-266Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μυῖα
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