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RECORD.
One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
resolvedestablished
Are Greek mouse and muscle merely accidental homonyms?
The reviewed Liddell–Scott entry treats μῦς as one lexical entry with both rodent and body-muscle senses, and Modern Greek explicitly derives both learned senses from Ancient Greek.
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μυς
/mis/ · noun
The Modern Greek anatomical word for muscle, continued from Ancient Greek μῦς, which could name both a mouse and a body muscle.
01DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
2 SOURCES WITH A STANCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
SOURCE 01supportshistorical dictionary
μυς — Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek
Documents the Modern Greek anatomical and learned mouse senses from Ancient Greek μῦς.
Entries μυς 1 and μυς 2; etymology- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Institute for Modern Greek Studies editors
- YEAR
- 1998
- PUBLISHER
- Centre for the Greek Language
SOURCE 02supportshistorical dictionary
μῦς — Liddell and Scott Ancient Greek Dictionary
Records mouse and body muscle under the same Ancient Greek headword.
Headword μῦς, senses I and II- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- H. G. Liddell and R. Scott; Centre for the Greek Language editors
- YEAR
- 2007
- PUBLISHER
- Centre for the Greek Language
02 / EDITORIAL STATE
THE CURRENT RECORD IS RESOLVED.
- CONFIDENCE
- established
- STATUS
- resolved
- LEGACY SOURCE SUMMARY
- The Centre for the Greek Language publishes both the Ancient Greek polysemy and the Modern Greek continuation.
RESOLUTION NOTEThe graph keeps the two senses together in Greek while distinguishing the parallel Latin and Germanic branches.