συμμύω,
A. shut up, close, of wounds, σὺν δ' ἕλκεα πάντα μέμυκεν
Il. 24.420
; of the eyelids, Pl. Ti. 45e ;ἄνω κεχηνὼς ἢ κάτω συμμεμυκώςlooking up with open lips or downwith closed lips, Id. R. 529b (hence,to be silent,ἵνα συμμύσαντες πειθαρχῶσινprob. in Plb. 30.32.8 ); also of other openings, as of theos uteri, Hp. Aph. 5.51 , Arist. HA 582b19 , al.; of pores, Pl. Phdr. 251b ; of bivalve shell-fish, Epich. 42 , Arist. HA 535a18 ; of the 'sleep' of plants, Thphr. CP 2.19.1 , al., Gp. 11.20.3 ; of shields which 'give' under a blow, Thphr. HP 5.3.4 ; of the double reed of a musical instrument, ib. 4.11.4 ; of green wood, ib. 5.6.3 .