1. ὀρσοδάκνη · orsodaknē — Beekes
ὀρσοδάκνη [f] name of an insect which eats the buds of plants (Arist. HA 5522). <4 GRP *ETYM See Gil Fernandez 1959: 140. The word probably contains » 6ppoc (-po-) and » δάκνω. — [Beekes, s.v. ὀρσοδάκνη, p. 1162]
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ὀρσοδάκνη
orsodakne
[f] name of an insect which eats the buds of plants (Arist
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2. ὀρσοδάκνη · orsodaknē — Chantraine
ὀρσοδάκνη : f., nom d'un insecte mal identifié, Ρ.-ὃ, « mordelle » qui naît à la base du chou (Arist., 4.4. 552 a) cf. Gil Fernandez, Inseclos 140. Le premier terme doit être ὄρρος (-pa-), le second tiré du présent δάκνω souligne le caractère populaire du mot. — [Chantraine, s.v. ὀρσοδάκνη, p. 844]
3. ὀρσοδάκνη · orsodaknē — LSJ
an insect which eats the buds of plants, Haltica oleracea, bud
an insect which eats the buds of plants, perh. Haltica oleracea, Arist. HA 552a30. (The word ὀρσός, bud, is not found.)
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