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σέρφος

serphos

small winged insect, gnat, winged ant

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1. σέρφος · serphos — Beekes

σέρφος [m.] ‘small winged insect, gnat, winged ant’ (Ar. et al.). *VAR Also σύρφος’ θηρίδιον μικρόν, ὁποῖον ἐμπίς ‘small animal, a kind of gnat’ (H.), σέριφος [m.], -ίφη [f.] “a kind of locust’ (Zen., Suid.), -.gov [n.] = ἀψίνθιον θαλάσσιον ‘maritime wormwood’ (Dsc., Gal.). *ETYM For the formation, compare other animal names in -φος, -tgo¢ (ἔλαφος, ἔριφος, etc.), and cf. Chantraine 1933: 263. According to … — [Beekes, s.v. σέρφος, p. 1372]

2. σέρφος · serphos — Chantraine

σέρφος : m. petit insecte ailé, « moucheron » ou « fourmi ailée », mais les textes anciens et les scholies ne permettent pas de l'identifier (Ar. Guëpes 352, Ois. 82, 569); voir Gil Fernandez, Insectos 96, avec les textes anciens et la bibliographie ; Hsch. donne le doublet συρφός θηρίδιον μικρόν, ὁποῖον ἐμπίς (Frisk, rapprochant lat. susurrus, etc., se demande si le vocalisme -u- ne s'explique pas par l'harmonie … — [Chantraine, s.v. σέρφος, p. 1016]

3. σέρφος · serphos — Frisk

σέρφος m. Bez. eines kleinen geflügelten Insekts, "Mücke, geflügelte Ameise’ (Ar. u.a.); auch σύρφος" ϑηρίδιον μικρόν, ὁποῖον ἐμπίς H. (v-Vok. lautnachalımend wie in surren, lat. susurrus U. a.?); σέριφος m., -ipn f. “Art Heuschrecke’ (Zen., Suid.), -ıpor τι. = ἀψίνϑιον ϑαλάσσιον (Dsk., Gal.). — Zu den Tiernamen auf -φος, -ıpos (ἔλαφος, ἔριφος u.a.) Schwyzer 495, Chantraine Form. 263, Spceht Ursprung 266. Unerklärt. … — [Frisk, s.v. σέρφος, p. 1665]

4. σέρφος · serphos — LSJ

gnat, winged ant

a small winged insect, prob. a kind of gnat or winged ant, Ar. V. 352 (ubi v. Sch.), Av. 82, 569, Nicopho 1, dub. in Phld. Mort. 34: prov., ἔνεστι κἀν μύρμηκι κἀν σέρφῳ χολή ‘even the gnat has its sting’, Sch. Ar. Av. 82, V. 352, cf. AP 10.49 (Pall.):—written συρφός in Hsch.

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