Μολυρίς

Molyris; locust

Translated by David Whitehead27 Jul 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 7 words
[Molyris], [genitive] *moluri/dos.1 They call crickets/grasshoppers 'locusts'.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μολυρίς, Μολυρίδος. μολυρίδας τὰς ἀκρίδας φασί.

Betacode
*moluri/s, *moluri/dos. moluri/das ta\s a)kri/das fasi/.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Adler's edition routinely capitalizes all headwords, but here the genitive too is upper-case; perhaps, therefore, a proper name; cf. generically phi 43, with the genitive at pi 817. ↩
  2. 2The entomological sense is mentioned in the Etymologicum Gudianum s.v. i(/ppourin. ↩

Neighbouring entries

μ1209Μόλυβδοςleadμ1210ΜολύνωI defile, I stain, I sullyμ1211ΜολυρίςMolyris; locustμ1212ΜομβρώMombroμ1213Μονανδρεῖhas one husband, is monogamous
Revision history3 revisions · last 26 May 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. expanded n.1; another keyword — David Whitehead
  3. added note, set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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