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θρίψ

thrips

θρῖπός : τὰ

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What it meant

1. θρίψ · thrips — Chantraine

θρίψ, θρῖπός : τὰ. «ver du bois» (Thphr, Mén., ete.). Au premier membre de quelques composés comme θρῖπόβρωτος, θριπ-ήδεστος «mangé aux verss (Ar, Hyp,., inser. att., ete.), second terme ἐδεστός avec l'allongement des composés. Dérivé θριπωδέστατος, superlatif de θρϊπώδης «plein de verss (Thphr., H.P. 8,8,5), mais il existe une variante θριπ-ηδέστατος, cf. ci-dessus θριπήδεστος. — [Chantraine, s.v. θρίψ, p. 456]

2. θρίψ · thrips — LSJ

wood-worm

wood-worm, Thphr. HP 5.4.4, AP 12.190 (Strat.); ὁ θ. τὸ ξύλον (sc. λυμαίνεται) Men. l.c.

II skinflint, miser

metaph., skinflint, miser, Hsch. (Perh. connected with τρίβω.)

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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