Mia
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Mia grece musca.
Translation:
Mia is Greek for Latin musca {“a fly”}.
Commentary:
μυῖα /myîa/, Attic μῦα /mŷa/ “fly; carrion-fly, bluebottle; gall-insect”.
Simon records an itacist pronunciation /mía/.