μυκτήρ, ῆρος, ὁ,
(μύσσομαι) nostril, φλέγει δὲ μ., of the fire-breathing bull of Aeetes, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 336, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1488, etc.: frequently in _plural_, μυκτῆρσιν ἐρευνᾶν 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 101, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 37, “Acut.(Sp.”) 23, 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 135, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.87, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 893, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 5.6, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 217.6, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.249, +others: _dative_ _plural_ μυκτήρεσσιν] Refs 5th c.BC+], in a prescription, [[ “POxy.” 1088.32 (1st c.AD)] Refs 1st c.AD+]: metaphorically, of a lamp-nozzle, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 5. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 from the use of the nose to express ridicule, sneerer, of Socrates, [[Timo 25 ] Refs]; in the abstract, sarcasm, raillery, μ. πολιτικώτατος [[ 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 34.2, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.860e; μ. Ἀττικός 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Prom.Es” 1; κεράσας μυκτῆρι φρόνημα “Anthologia Graeca” 9.188. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II an elephant's trunk, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 497b26, “PA” 659a12 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also, the funnel of the cuttlefish, [[ [prev. author] “HA” 541b15. ] Refs]