μῦς

mys

mouse

Appears 20 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 10
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Book I 1
Chapter 1 486a5–488b28

488a21
Book III 2
Chapter 1 509a27–511a35

511a31

Chapter 12 518b35–519a29

519a23
Book V 1
Chapter 15 546b15–548a21

547b27
Book VI 4
Chapter 30 579a18–30

579a23

Chapter 37 580b10–581a5

580b10
580b15
581a5
Book VIII 1
Chapter 17 600a27–601a22

600b13
Book IX 1
Chapter 34 619b18–620a12

619b22
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 3
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Chapter 25 832a22–22

832a22
Chapter 28 832a31–832b3

832a31
Chapter 149 845b4–9

845b6
Parts of Animals 2
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Book III 1
Chapter 4 665a27–667b9

667a20
Book IV 1
Chapter 2 676b16–677b10

676b31
Rhetoric 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 24 1400b34–1402a28

1401a14
1401b15
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 5 1148b15–1149a23

1149a8
Generation of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 4 769b30–773a29

771a23
De Interpretatione 1
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Chapter 4 16b26–17a7

16b31

Dictionary (LSJ)

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.:—A. 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. mū´s, 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.)

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