μύρμηξ, ηκος,
Doric dialect μύρμαξ, ᾱκος, ὁ, ant, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Frr.” 14.5,76.4, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 9.31, 15.45, 17.107, etc.: _metaphorically_, ναῦται θαλάσσης μύρμηκες 4th c.BC: Aeschrio Lyricus 2. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 μύρμηκος ἀτραποί, ={μυρμηκιά}[[ 11.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 100. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II fabulous animal in India, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.102; οἱ χρυσωρύχοι μ. 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.1.9; λέουσι τοῖς καλουμένοις μύρμηξιν [prev. author] 16.4.15, compare 2nd c.BC: Agatharchides Geographus 69, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 3.4. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III hidden rock in the sea, [[ 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 878; especially on the Thessalian coast between Sciathus and Magnesia, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.183; off Smyrna, 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 5.119 (_plural_). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV a sort of gauntlet or cestus with metal studs or nails like warts (μυρμηκίαι) on it, [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.150. (Cf. βόρμαξ, ὅρμικας] Refs 2nd c.AD+], Sanskritvamrás, Avest.maoiriš, OIr.moirb, OSlavonic mrav[icaron]ji, ONorse maurr, Engl. (pis-)mire, Latin formica: I.-[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] forms perhaps momro-, momrīˇ-, memro- 'ant'.)