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μόλουρος

molouros

[?] unidentified snake (Nic

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What it meant

1. μόλουρος · molouros — Beekes

μόλουρος [?] unidentified snake (Nic. Th. 491). «Ὧν *ETYM It has been assumed that a word for a locust is derived from this word: μολουρίς, -ἰδος (Nic. Th. 416). Gow and Scholfield think that it is the snake μόλουρος, but Gil Fernandez 1959: 52 translates ‘locust’. Hesychius has μολοῦρις: αἰδοῖον ‘private parts’ κολοβὴ λόγχη ‘blunt spear(head)’- ἢ μόλις οὐρῶν ‘urinating with difficulty’ (folk-etymology), and … — [Beekes, s.v. μόλουρος, p. 1014]

2. μόλουρος · molouros — Chantraine

μόλουρος : serpent non identifié (Nic. Thér. 491). On admet que de ce mot serait tiré le nom d’une sauterelle (7) μολουρίς, -ίδος f. (Nic. Thér. 416). Gow et Scholfeld pensent qu'il s’agit du serpent μόλουρος, mais Gil Fernandez, Nombres de insectos 52 admet la traduction «sauterelle ». Chez les lexicographes on lit notamment dans Hsch. μολοῦρις * αἰδοῖον - κολοδὴ λόγχη ᾿ ἢ μόλις οὐρῶν, et μολουρίδες * βατραχίδες … — [Chantraine, s.v. μόλουρος, p. 727]

3. μόλουρος · molouros — LSJ

serpent

a kind of serpent, Nic. Th. 491.

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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