μυκτήρ
mykter
nostril
Appears 70 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
μυκτήρ, ῆρος, ὁ, (μύσσομαι) A. nostril, φλέγει δὲ μ., of the fire-breathing bull of Aeetes, Fr. 336, cf. V. 1488, etc.: freq. in pl., μυκτῆρσιν ἐρευνᾶν 101, cf. Art. 37, Acut.(Sp.) 23, 135, 3.87, Ra. 893, Smp. 5.6, 217.6, 1.249, al.: dat. pl. μυκτήρεσσιν, in a prescription, POxy. 1088.32 (i A. D.): metaph., of a lamp-nozzle, Ec. 5. 2. from the use of the nose to express ridicule, sneerer, of Socrates, Timo 25; in the abstract, sarcasm, raillery, μ. πολιτικώτατος 34.2, cf. 2.860e; μ. Ἀττικός Prom.Es 1; κεράσας μυκτῆρι φρόνημα AP 9.188. II. an elephantʼs trunk, HA 497b26, PA 659a12; also, the funnel of the cuttlefish, HA 541b15.
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