1. σίλφη · silphē — Beekes
The corpus record
σίλφη
silphe
cockroach, carrion beetle
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What it meant
2. σίλφη · silphē — Chantraine
3. σίλφη · silphē — Frisk
4. σίλφη · silphē — LSJ
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.).
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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