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σκώληξ

skolex

worm, larva

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. σκώληξ · skōlēx — Beekes

σκώληξ 1, -ηκος [m.] ‘worm, larva’ (N 564). «ἢ» eCOMP As a first member eg. in σκωληκό-βρωτος ‘eaten away by worms’ (Thphr., εἴς). sen Diminutive oxwArx-tov [n.] (Arist. etc.); -ἰτης [m.] (κηρός or στύραξ) ‘wax or resin in the shape of a worm’ (Dsc.); -w6ng,'worm-like’ (Arist.); τόομαι [v.] ‘to be eaten away by worms’, -ωσις [f.] (Thphr.); -ἰάω [v.] ‘to suffer from worms’ (Orib. et al.), τίασις [f.] (Sm., Thd.); … — [Beekes, s.v. σκώληξ, p. 1415]

2. σκώληξ · skōlēx — Beekes

σκώληξ 2. [2] - τὸ κυλιόμενον κῦμα ‘wave rolling along’ (H., Pl. com., Phryn.). καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ἅλω τὸ δινηθὲν καὶ συναχθὲν εἰς λικμητόν ‘from the threshing-floor, what is whirled and put together into winnowing’ (H.). «Ὁ *ETYM A metaphorical use of σκώληξ ‘worm’, after the way of movement (Phryn.). — [Beekes, s.v. σκώληξ, p. 1415]

3. σκώληξ · skōlēx — Chantraine

σκώληξ, τῆκος : «ver», entre autres «ver de terre », larve d'’insecte (11 18, 564, ion.-att., etc.), le mot connaît des emplois dérivés ou métaphoriques, attestés dans la glose d'Hsch. s.u. τὸ κυλιόμενον κῦμα καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ἅλω τὸ δινηθὲν καὶ συναχθὲν εἰς λικμητόν ; le premier sens «la vague roulée, le rouleau » est attesté PI. Com. 25 et Phryn. PS 108b ; expliqué par Phryn. ἡ κωφὴ τῶν κυμάτων ἐπανάστασις τῆς θαλάσσης … — [Chantraine, s.v. σκώληξ, p. 1045]

4. σκώληξ · skōlēx — LSJ

worm, earthworm

worm, esp. earthworm, ὥς τε σκώληξ ἐπὶ γαίῃ κεῖτο ταθείς Il. 13.654.

2 grubs, larvae

pl., grubs or larvae of insects, Ar. V. 1111, Fr. 583, Nicopho 1, Thphr. HP 8.10.4; ἐξ οὗ ὅλου ὅλον γίνεται τὸ ζῷον, opp. the egg (ᾠόν), Arist. HA 489b8, cf. GA 733a1, HA 506a26, 551b2, al.

3 worms in dung, in decayed matter, in trees and wood

pl., worms in dung, in decayed matter, in trees and wood, Thphr. HP 3.12.6, 5.4.4, etc.

4

metaph., οἱ κόλακές εἰσι . . οὐσίας σκώληκες Anaxil. 33.1.

5 aerugo vermicularis

aerugo vermicularis, Dsc. 5.79, Androm. ap. Gal. 13.806.

II thread twisted

thread twisted from the distaff, Epig. 7.

III

Aeol. for κολόκυμα, Pl.Com. 25, cf. Phryn. PS p.108 B., Hsch., Phot.

IV worm-shaped cake

worm-shaped cake, Alciphr. Fr. 6.

V heap of threshed corn

heap of threshed corn, Hsch.

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. σκώληξ (scan p. 1415; entry #5641).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σκώληξ (scan p. 1045; entry #7414).

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