Ἰπί
by a woodworm, to a woodworm
Translated by Antonella Ippolito24 Mar 2006Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] by/to a worm. The nominative [is] i)/y , [then it declines] i)po/s , i)pi/ .
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἰπί· σκώληκι. ἴψ ἡ εὐθεῖα, ἰπός, ἰπί.
Betacode
*)ipi/: skw/lhki. i)/y h( eu)qei=a, i)po/s, i)pi/.
Notes
- cf. iota 529, iota 795. The present headword is the dative case of this noun, evidently quoted from somewhere (but only attested, twice, in this entry).
For this creature see e.g. Homer, Odyssey 21.395, with scholia; Theophrastus, History of Plants 8.10.5, Causes of Plants 3.22.5-6.
For the accent (and the glossskw/lhc : sigma 684) see Herodian, De pros. cath. 3.1.404, Part. 55.7; further explanation (to\ qhri/on diatrw/gwn ta\ cu/la , "the little animal which eats through the timbers", in Il. pros. 3.2.30 (= 3.2.185), and etymology fromi)/ptw "I damage" is offered in Orth. 3.2.528. Also cf. Orth. 3.2.430.