Πυριλαμπίς
glow-worm
Translated by David Whitehead24 Mar 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
A tiny creature, which glows in the darkness; but some call it a lampyris.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πυριλαμπίς· πτηνόν τι μικρόν, ὃ ἐν τῷ σκότει λάμπει, καλεῖται δὲ ὑπ' ἐνίων λαμπυρίς.
Betacode
*purilampi/s: pthno/n ti mikro/n, o(\ e)n tw=| sko/tei la/mpei, kalei=tai de\ u(p' e)ni/wn lampuri/s.
Notes (1)
- = Photius pi1560 Theodoridis; cf. pi1561, and Hesychius pi1449.
- 1Other variants are pyrolampis and (as under omicron 500) pygolampis, the latter apparently the most authentic (see LSJ s.v.). Lampyris noctiluca, in any event. ↩
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- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented n.1 — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead