μυκτήρ,ῆρος,ὁ, (μύσσομαι)
A. nostril,φλέγει δὲ μ., of the fire-breathing bull of Aeetes, S. Fr. 336 , cf. Ar. V. 1488 , etc.: freq. in pl., μυκτῆρσιν ἐρευνᾶν
Emp. 101
, cf. Hp. Art. 37 ,Acut.(Sp.) 23 , Sophr. 135 , Hdt. 3.87 , Ar. Ra. 893 , X. Smp. 5.6 , Antiph. 217.6 , Ph. 1.249 , al.: dat. pl.μυκτήρεσσιν, in a prescription, POxy. 1088.32
(i A. D.): metaph., of a lamp-nozzle, Ar. Ec. 5 .
2. from the use of the nose to express ridicule,sneerer, of Socrates, Timo 25 ; in the abstract,sarcasm, raillery, μ. πολιτικώτατος
Longin. 34.2
, cf. Plu. 2.860e ; μ. Ἀττικός
Luc. Prom.Es 1
; κεράσας μυκτῆρι φρόνημα
AP 9.188
.
II. an elephant'strunk, Arist. HA 497b26 , PA 659a12 ; also, thefunnelof the cuttlefish, Id. HA 541b15 .