Μυωξία

mouse-hole

Translated by David Whitehead27 Jul 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

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[Meaning] an insulting speech. It also means the burrows¹ of mice.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μυωξία· ὑβριστικὸς λόγος. σημαίνει δὲ τοὺς τῶν μυῶν χηραμούς.

Betacode

*muwci/a: u(bristiko\s lo/gos. shmai/nei de\ tou\s tw=n muw=n xhramou/s.

The first and more interesting of these senses is also claimed in other lexica: references at Photius mu638 Theodoridis.
LSJ s.v. adduces the comparable instance of muwnia/, 'a term of reproach for a lewd woman'.
1chi 289. ↩

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