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σίλφη

silphe

cockroach, carrion beetle

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What it meant

1. σίλφη · silphē — Beekes

σίλφη [f.] an insect, ‘cockroach, carrion beetle’ (Arist., Gal. Ael, AP). eVAR τίλφη (Luc.). eETYM Etymology unclear. The variant τίλφη in Luc. could be an artificial Atticism (cf. Schwyzer: 319) or show a Pre-Greek alternation t-/o-. The form formally and semantically resembles » σέρφος, a small winged insect, ‘gnat, winged ant’. Fur.: 167, etc. connects Lat. delpa (an insect) as well,,all of which would … — [Beekes, s.v. σίλφη, p. 1383]

2. σίλφη · silphē — Chantraine

σίλφη : f., nom d’insecte, « cafard » ou « blatte » (Arist., Æl., AP), τίλφη (Luc.) Et.: Inconnue; selon Schwyzer, Gr. Gr. 1,819, τίλφη serait un hyperatticisme pour σίλφη, Voir Gil Fernandez, Insectos 239, — [Chantraine, s.v. σίλφη, p. 1024]

3. σίλφη · silphē — Frisk

σίλφη f. N. eines Insekts, “Schabe, Aaskäfer’” (Arist., Gal., Ael., AP), τίλφη (Luk.). — Ohne Etymologie; riApn bei Luk. olApıLıov—oluös 707 kann künstlicher Attizismus sein (vgl. Schwyzer 319). Form und Bedeutung erinnern cinigermaßen an σέρφος (5. d.). — [Frisk, s.v. σίλφη, p. 1678]

4. σίλφη · silphē — LSJ

cockroach, Blatta germanica, book-worm

cockroach, Blatta germanica, Arist. HA 601a3, Gal. 12.366,641, Ael. NA 1.37, Luc. Gall. 31; also, book-worm, Id. Ind. 17 (in form τίλφη), AP 9.251 (Even.).

II boat

a kind of boat, Sch. Ar. Pax 143, Suid. (acc. to Phryn. 268, τίφη (q.v.) is the correct form).

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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