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τετρα-πτερυλλίς

tetrapterullis · ἡ

four-wing, grasshopper, locust

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What it meant

τετρα-πτερυλλίς · tetra-pteryllis — LSJ

four-wing, grasshopper, locust, beasts

four-wing, i.e. grasshopper or locust, Boeot. word in Ar. Ach. 871: Elmsl. thinks that by τῶν ὀρταλίχων ἢ τῶν τετραπτερυλλίδων is intended birds and beasts; no doubt this is so, τετραπτερυλλίδων being brought in παρʼ ὑπόνοιαν for τετραπόδων.

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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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