μυός, acc. μῦν (ὁ) [ῠ dans les formes polysyll.]
      1 rat, souris, BATR. 172 ; HDT. 2, 141 ; prov. μῦς ἐν πίττῃ, THCR. Idyl. 14, 51, rat dans la poix ; càd. homme dans l’embarras ; cf. DÉM. 1215, 10 ; μῦς λευκός, PHILÉM. (EL. N.A. 12, 10) rat blanc, càd. vieux débauché, usé, blanchi ;
      2 moule, coquillage, ESCHL. (ATH. 87 a) ; PHILYLL. (Com. fr. 2, 861) ; ANTIPH. (Com. fr. 3, 108) ;
      3 sorte de tétrodon, poisson, ARSTT. H.A. 3, 12, 5 ;
      4 muscle, HPC. Aph. 1259 ; THCR. Idyl. 22, 48.

➳ Voc. μῦ, ANTH. 11, 391 ; acc. pl. contracte : μῦς, AR. Vesp. 206 ; PLUT. M. 537 a.

Étym. indo-europ. *muHs, souris ; cf. lat. mūs.

ὁ (even of the female, Philem. 126; ὁ θῆλυς [μ.] Ael. NA 12.10); gen. μυός Cratin. 53, Alc.Com. 22; acc. μῦν Arcesil. 1 D. ; voc. μῦ AP 11.391 (Lucill.); nom. pl. μύες [υ] Ar. Ach. 762, Anaxandr. 41.61 (anap.), μῦες dub. in Epich. 44, also μῦς Antiph. 193, Herod. 3.76; acc. pl. μύας [υ] Epich. 42.5, Posidipp. 14, μῦς Hdt. 2.141, Philyll. 13; dat. pl. μυσί Hdn. Gr. 2.642, μυσί(ν) Batr. 174, 178, al. :
mouse or rat, Batr. 173, etc. ; sg. in collect. sense, οὐδὲ τὸμ μῦν ἑτοιμάζονται θηρεύειν PCair. Zen. 300.17 (iii BC); μ. ἀρουραῖος literally the field-mouse, but prob.
hamster, Cricetus vulgaris, Hdt. l.c. ; prov., μ. πίττης γεύεται, of one who tempted by some apparent good finds himself in inextricable difficulties, ΄burn one΄s fingers΄, ΄catch a Tartar΄, D. 50.26; μῦς… γεύμεθα πίσσας Theoc. 14.51; ὅκως χώρης οἱ μῦς ὁμοίως τὸν σίδηρον τρώγουσιν, i.e. for lack of food, Herod. l.c., cf. Antig. Car. ap. St.Byz. s.v. Γύαρος· κατὰ μυὸς ὄλεθρον, of a lingering death, Philem. 211, Men. 219, cf. Herod. 5.68 (s.v.l.), Ael. NA 12.10; μ. λευκός a lewd person, Philem. 126.
2. jerboa, Dipus aegyptiacus, Hdt. 4.192, Arist. HA 581a3, al.
II. a shell-fish, mussel, A. Fr. 34, Philyll. l.c., Arist. HA 547b11 (s.v.l.), al., prob. in PCair. Zen. 82.11 (iii BC).
III. a large kind of whale, Arist. HA 519a23 (s.v.l.); but μ. θαλάττιος file-fish, Balistes capriscus, = Lat. mus marinus, Ael. NA 9.41, cf. Diph. Siph. ap. Ath. 8.355f, Marc.Sid. 30, Oppian. H. 1.174; μ. θ. prob. sea-water mussel, Heraclid. Tar. ap. Ath. 3.120d.
IV. muscle of the body, Hp. de Arte 10, Arist. Pr. 885a37, Theoc. 22.48, etc.
V. gag (as if from μύω), Herod. 3.85.
VI. μυὸς ὦτα, v. μυοσωτίς.
(Cf. Skt. mū´s, Lat. mūs, OHG., OE., ONorse mūs; the signf.
muscle (IV supr.) belongs also to OHG., OE., ONorse mūs, Dutch muis, and to the Dim., Lat. musculus, cf. OSlav. myšica ΄arm’ (lit. ΄little mouse΄); cf. σμῦς.)

μοός, ὁ,
1) die Maus, mus, Ar. Vesp. 206 u. Folgde. sprichwörtlich μῦς ἐν πίετῃ, ἐν ἅλμῃ, μῦς πίττης γεύεται, die Maus steckt im Pech, unser »er ist in der Tinte«, Paroemiogr.; Dem. 50.28 ; – μῦς λευκός, ein geiler Lustling, Phot.; vgl. Philem. bei Ael. H.A. 12.10.
2) die Miesmuschel, μύαξ ; Aesch. fr. 22 ; Philyll. u. A. bei Ath. III.86e ; Antiphan. ib. VII.295c.
3) eine große Wallfischart, der Bartenwallfisch, musculus, Arist. H.A. 3.12.
4) die Muskel, Maus, Theocr. 22.48 u. Medic.
[Υ ist in den zwei- u. dreisilbigen Casus, wie in den Zusammensetzungen immer kurz. Vgl. aber μυών u. μυοδόκος.]

1. Lat. mus, a mouse, (Batrachomyomachia); μ. ἀρουραῖος the field-mouse , or the hamster , (Herdotus Historicus); μῦς πίσσας γεύεται, proverbial of one who is tempted to eat and finds himself caught, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus)
2. a muscle of the body, Lat. musculus, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (ML)