μυῖα

myia

fly

Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 6
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Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2469
Book 4 1
Chapter ?

4131
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16641
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17570
Book 19 2
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1925
1931

Dictionary (LSJ)

μυῖα, Att. μῦα Thphr. HP 3.7.5, Phot.: ἡ:—A. fly, Il. 2.469, 4.131, Simon. 32, etc.; carrion-fly, bluebottle, Il. 19.25,31; gall-insect, Thphr. l.c.: prov., μυίης θάρσος, of excessive boldness, Il. 17.570; ἐάν τις . . ὥσπερ μ. πρόσπτηται X. Mem. 3.11.5; δειπνεῖν ἄκλητος μ. a fly for coming to dinner uninvited, Antiph. 195.7; ἐλέφαντα ἐκ μυίας ποιεῖν ‘to make a mountain out of a molehill’, Luc. Musc.Enc. 12; μυῖα στρατιῶτις, μ. κύων, ibid.; δραίνω μυῖʼ ὅσον Herod. 1.15. II. χαλκῆ μυῖα a game like blindmanʼs-buff, Id. 9a, Poll. 9.123; cf. μυΐνδα. III. used by peasants of bees, Eust. 257.6. (Cf. Lith. musià ‘fly’, Lat. musca, etc.)

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