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/.


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