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μύχιος

μύχιος, inward, inmost, retired, embayed

μύχιος [ῠ], α, ον (also μύχιος, ον Arist. Mu. 395b31), (μυχός)
  • inward, inmost, Hes. Op. 523, v.l. in Th. 991; μυχία Προποντίς embayed, A. Pers. 876 (lyr.); πνοιαί A.R. 2.742; μύχιόν τι ὑποκρώζειν Luc. DMort. 16[6].4.
    • II οἱ μ. θεοί, = Lat. Penates, D.H. 1.67; also θεοὶ μ. coupled with Aphrodite μυχία, Ael. NA 10.34; Μύχιος and Μυχία divinities at Hiera, IG 12(2).484.13.—To this Adj. belong various irreg. Sups. (formed from the Subst. μυχός), μυχοίτατος, -αίτατος, -έστατος, -ώτατος, and μύχατος (qq. v.).

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