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- μ1466ΜῦςMys, mouseProper name, of a boxer. It also means a kind of small creature.
- α4043Ἄρτι μῦς πίττης γεύεταιfinally the mouse is tasting pitch[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who come late on to a realization of where they are.
- μ1475Μῦς λευκόςwhite mouseDomestic mice are very much impelled to mate, and especially the white ones; these are females. The proverb is applied to those who lack self-control when it comes to sex.
- μ1477Μῦς πίσσης γεύεταιa mouse is tasting pitch[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those just ending [something] with an effort. Also [sc. attested is] "as many as a mouse in pitch", from Mys the Tarentine, who ended poorly at the …
- μ1468Μῦς ἄρτι πίττης γευόμενοςa mouse just now tasting pitch[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those who begin boldly and shamelessly but are suddenly shown to be cowards. Interpretation of a dream: when a mouse has reappeared, he is crafty in his …
- μ1278ΜόσχοςMoschos, MoschusC2 BC. RE Moschos(2); PLRE II Moschus. [1] [alpha 3892] Aristarchus. 'Acquaintance' is used here, as often, in the sense 'pupil'. [2] [theta 166] Theocritus.
- μ1279Μόσχος ᾄδων ΒοιώτιονMoschos singing in the Boiotian mode, Moschus singing in the Boeotian modeMoschus [was] a bad kithara-singer who sang many things without breath. The so-called Boeotian [mode] was invented by Terpander, just like the Phrygian.
- μ1280Μόσχος Λιβάνουcalf of Lebanon… they treated as a god in Horeb; [the one] which Moses shattered and smashed.
- μ1272Μόσσυνεςtowers… on the campaign of the Ten Thousand against the barbarous Mossynoikoi ("Towerdwellers") of the Black Sea (text at web address 1).
- μ1275Μόσχιαcuttings, shoots… nominative/vocative/accusative plural. There is an alternative accentuation on the penult, mosxi/a; see LSJ Supplement (1968) s.v. mosxi/on, Lexica Segueriana 303.26, and Synagoge mu274. [1] The headword is identically glossed in the Synagoge, Hesychius mu1711, …
- μ1346Μῶσθαιto covet"[...] to covet what is hidden, and to meddle [...]." Meaning to ask/seek among Spartans.
- μ1274Μοσχεύωνplanting young shoots… the present active participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb mosxeu/w (I plant a young shoot); cf. mu 760, mu 1273 and LSJ s.v. This verb appears as part of an uncommon compound, in …
- μ1276Μοσχίδια σύκωνyoung shootlets of figs… young fig trees are called. The young growths [are called] moschidia. Also the tender and young withy [is called a] shoot. Homer [writes]: "with withy shoots."
- μ1277Μόσχονshoot, twig[Meaning] soft to the touch/tender.
- ν470Νομοθεσίαlaw-setting, law-giving, legislationA setting [qe/sis] of law [no/mos].
- μ1273Μοσχεύματαoffsets, slips, planted suckers[Meaning] tender plants of trees and of vegetables.
- κ2266ΚῶμόςrevelryA [kw=mos] is an inebriating pipe[-tune], when wine has been open a long time, promoting luxury and making the symposium an unseemly spectacle, beguiling the diners with cymbals and [other] instruments. And elsewhere: "[...] …
- α4048Ἀρτίτομοςfresh from cutting[As] proparoxytone [a)rti/tomos it means] one who/which is recently being cut. But [paroxytone] a)rtito/mos [means] one who/which is recently cutting.
- μ1349ΜωσώMosoA Hebrew woman, who wrote the law for the Hebrews; so says Alexander of Miletus, the Polyhistor.
- κ2268Κωμῳδίαιcomedies[Meaning] insults, ridicule, jokes. Also [sc. attested is] kwmw|do/s ["singer in the kw=mos"], [meaning] comedy.
- μ930Μηλοβοτήρsheep-grazer[Meraning] the shepherd of the flocks. Also [sc. attested is] mhlono/mos, [meaning] the same.
- δ1082Δικαιώματαstatutes… "law" [no/mos] the [law] that was given by God through Moses; "commandments" [e)ntolai/] and "ordinances" [prosta/gmata] also the same [law] because it is royally commanded and ordained; "statutes" [dikaiw/mata] because it is able to …
- α795Ἀκαμπίαςbendless, unbending[Meaning] straight-coursed. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)ka/mpios dro/mos ["bendless course"], a long and straight walk.
- κ2369ΚρέμKrem, Krum[1] beta 423. (Not otherwise attested in the 'Krem' form; usually *krou=mos in Greek, Крум in Bulgarian)
- δ419Δημαρχίαdemocracy, popular rule; demarchy, tribunate[sc. What a constitution is called] when the people [dh=mos] rules [a)/rxei]. Also a name of a position of dignity.
- α3673Ἀπ' ὤμοιϊνfrom both shouldersThe headword phrase, frequent in Homer, uses an epic form of the genitive dual of w)=mos, "shoulder"; the gloss then has the standard genitive plural.
- β531ΒρέμειroarsSame or similar entry in other lexica, and cf. a scholion on Homer, Iliad 4.425 (where the headword occurs). This verb is related to bro/mos (beta 548).
- α3967Ἁρμάτειος τροχός Ἁρμάτειοςchariot wheel["Chariot wheel"] but [sc. also attested is] "chariot nome" [a(rma/teios no/mos], and "chariot tune" [a(rma/teion me/los], from a(/rma ["chariot"].
- χ171ΧαιριδεῖςChairideis[Meaning those] educated from [= by] Chairis. Or practising [sc. with him]. Chairis [was] an uncultured Theban piper. So Attic [writers] say Chairideis from Chairis and peristerideis from peristera\ ['dove']. This man used to …
- ι731Ἰσχυρότατοςmost strong, strongest, very strong[no gloss]