1. ἕλμινς · helmins — Chantraine
The corpus record
ἕλμινς
elmins
(Hp
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What it meant
ἕλμινς (Hp.), aussi gén. ἕλμιγγος (Hp.) ; autre acc. ἕλμιθα (IG IV 1", 122,10, Épidaure), nom. pl. ἕλμεις (Dsc.) « ver — [Chantraine, s.v. ἕλμινς, p. 355]
2. ἕλμινς · helmins — LSJ
worm
worm,
I intestinal-worm
intestinal-worm, either flat (πλατεῖα) or round (στρογγύλη), Id. Morb. 4.54, cf. Prog. 11, Aph. 3.26, Arist. HA 551a8, Thphr. HP 9.12.1.
II parasitic worm
parasitic worm in sponges, Arist. HA 548b15.
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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