1. ὄλιγγος · olingos — Beekes
ὄλιγγος [3] akind of locust (Phot., Suid.). eVAR ὀλίγιοι: εἶδος ἀκρίδων ‘id.’, τινές ῥιζίον, ὅμοιον βολβῷ “a small root, like a bulb’ (H.); thus Latte, but the ms. has (unaccented) ὀλιγιοι. DELG thinks that the correct form should be ὄλιγγοι. Ὁ *ETYM Connection with λιγύς does not help (Frisk, DELG). In view of the prenasalization, the word may be Pre-Greek (not in Fur.), Cf. Gil Fernandez 1959: 95. See » … — [Beekes, s.v. ὄλιγγος, p. 1119]