Ancient long /yː/ develops through Greek iotacism to Modern Greek /i/, while polytonic μῦς is written monotonic μυς.
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μυς
a body muscle; in learned use, also a mouse
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedAncient Greek · Ancient Greek literary record · mouse muscle polysemyμῦς
mouse; also a muscle of the body
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The anatomical muscle sense becomes the ordinary modern center; the mouse sense survives as learned vocabulary while everyday Greek normally uses another rodent word.
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μῦς — Liddell and Scott Ancient Greek DictionaryHeadword μῦς, senses I and II
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Documents both mouse and body-muscle senses in Ancient Greek.
μυς — Dictionary of Standard Modern GreekEntries μυς 1 and μυς 2; etymology from Ancient Greek μῦς
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Documents the modern anatomical sense, learned mouse sense, pronunciation, and Ancient Greek source.
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