Κώνωψ

gnat, mosquito

Translated by David Whitehead19 Nov 2006Vetting: high3 revisions

16 words

[This word occurs] in the feminine in Aristophanes in Wealth. [It means] a kind of fly.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κώνωψ· θηλυκῶς παρὰ Ἀριστοφάνει ἐν Πλούτῳ. εἶδος μυίας.

Betacode

*kw/nwy: qhlukw=s para\ *)aristofa/nei e)n *plou/tw|. ei)=dos mui/as.

Notes

From the scholia to Aristophanes, Plutus 538.
cf. under epsilon 1020, omicron 474, omicron 1011, pi 683, pi 1531.

Linked from1 entry

κ1879Κνίψant, mite, termiteA small animal. The genitive knipo/s was changed to a nominative, and it means one who spends little.

Neighbouring entries

κ2279Κωνοφόροιpinecone-bearing κ2280ΚωνώπηKonope, Conope κ2281Κώνωψgnat, mosquito κ2282Κωνσιστώριονconsistory κ2283ΚῶνσοςConsus

Revision history3 revisions · last 15 Mar 2013

15 Mar 2013Revised — David Whitehead
23 Nov 2006x-refs — David Whitehead
22 Nov 2006set status — Catharine Roth
19 Nov 2006Translated — David Whitehead