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Μυσός

mysos

a prey to all

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

Μυσός, ὁ, Mysian, A. Pers. 52 (anap.), etc.: proverbially feeble and effeminate, whence prov. Μυσῶν λεία, i. e. A. a prey to all, of anything that can be plundered with impunity, Stratt. 35, D. 18.72, Arist. Rh. 1372b33; ὁ Μυσῶν ἔσχατος the most worthless of men, Magn. 5, cf. Philem. 77, Men. 55; τῶν λεγομένων M. ὁ ἔσχατος Pl. Tht. 209b; εἴ σοι Μυσόν γε ἥδιον καλεῖν Id. Grg. 521b, cf. E. Fr. 704.
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