μύωψ

myops

closing

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 6
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Book I 1
Chapter 5 489a34–490b6

490a20
Book IV 2
Chapter 4 527b35–530a31

528b31

Chapter 7 531b20–532b28

532a9
Book V 2
Chapter 19 550b22–552b25

552a29

Chapter 20 552b26–553a16

553a15
Book VIII 1
Chapter 11 596b10–18

596b14
Parts of Animals 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 17 660a14–661a30

661a24
Rhetoric 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 11 1411b22–1413b2

1413a4

Dictionary (LSJ)

μύωψ, ωπος, ὁ, ἡ, (μύω, ὤψ) A. closing or contracting the eyes, as shortsighted people do, and so, shortsighted, Arist. Rh. 1413a4, Pr. 959a3, b38, Alex.Aphr. Pr. 1.74. II. as Subst. μύωψ [ῠ, but ῡ Nic. Th. 417, 736], ωπος, ὁ, horse-fly, gadfly, Tabanus, ὀξυστόμῳ μύωπι A. Pr. 675; βοηλάτην μ. Id. Supp. 307, cf. Pl. Ap. 30e, Arist. HA 528b31, 552a29, al. 2. goad, spur, X. Eq. 8.5; ἐν τοῖς μύωψι περιπατεῖν to walk in spurs, Thphr. Char. 21.8; προσθεῖναι τοὺς μ. Plb. 11.18.4, cf. AP 5.202 (Asclep.); ox-goad, βουσόος μ. Cerc. 8.2, cf. Call. Fr. 46, A.R. 3.277. 3. metaph., stimulant, incentive, Luc. Cal. 14, Am. 2; τινος to a thing, ῥόμβον θιάσοιο μ. AP 6.165 (Phal.); τὸν μύωπα ἐμβαλεῖν τινι Ach.Tat. 7.4. 4. a plant growing in the Achelous, Ps.-Plu. Fluv. 22.5. 5. the little finger, Sch.Opp. H. 3.254.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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