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δεμελέας

demeleas

leeches

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What it meant

1. δεμελέας · demeleas — Beekes

δεμελέας [acc.pl.f.] ‘leeches’ (Epid.). «Ὁ» *DER Also δεμβλεῖς: βδέλλαι ‘leeches’ (H; with -μβλ- from -)-). But the gloss stands between δέμει and δέμνια, so perhaps with Biicheler and Latte for (*)Sepedeic? *ETYM Unexplained. There are attempts to connect the word with Lat. lumbricus ‘intestinal worm’ in Βα and WH. Connection with Alb. dhem jé ‘maggot’ is doubtful. — [Beekes, s.v. δεμελέας, p. 361]

2. δεμελέας · demeleas — Chantraine

δεμελέας : acc. pl. f. « sangsues » (Épidaure, ὦ IV: 1, 121,98) ; cf. la glose d'Hsch. δεμδλεῖς * βδέλλαι, placée entre δέμει et δέμνια, qu'il faut lire δεμελεῖς avec Bücheler et Latte. El.: Pas d’étymologie. Hypothèses chez Frisk s.u. — [Chantraine, s.v. δεμελέας, p. 275]

3. δεμελέας · demeleas — LSJ

leeches

leeches, IG 4.951.98 (Epid.); cf. δεμβλεῖς· βδέλλαι, Hsch. (Nom. sg. unknown.)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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