animalcule, a grub
= foreg. [ζῳδαρίδιον], Dim. of ζῷον, animalcule, as a grub, Alex. 140, Arist. HA 557b1, etc.
II
= ζῴδιον I, IG 2(2).1491.4, Inscr.Délos 298A 31 (iii B.C.), SIG 2588.31 (Delos, ii B.C.), Hero Spir. 2.34, PMag. Leid.V. 10.1.
The corpus record
ζῳδάριον
zodarion · τό
animalcule
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What it meant — LSJ
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.