σκώληξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ηκος, ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[worm]], esp. [[earthworm]], ὥς τε σκώληξ ἐπὶ γαίῃ κεῖτο ταθείς <span class="bibl">Il.13.654</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> pl., [[grubs]] or [[larvae]] of insects, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1111</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span> 583</span>, <span class="bibl">Nicopho 1</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>8.10.4</span>; <b class="b3">ἐξ οὗ ὅλου ὅλον γίνεται τὸ ζῷον</b>, opp. the egg (ᾠόν), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>489b8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">GA</span>733a1</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HA</span>506a26</span>, <span class="bibl">551b2</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> pl., <b class="b2">worms in dung, in decayed matter, in trees and wood</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>3.12.6</span>, <span class="bibl">5.4.4</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> metaph., οἱ κόλακές εἰσι . . οὐσίας σκώληκες <span class="bibl">Anaxil.33.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">aerugo vermicularis</b>, Dsc.5.79, Androm. ap.Gal.13.806. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">thread twisted</b> from the distaff, <span class="bibl">Epig.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Aeol. for <b class="b3">κολόκυμα</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.25</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Phryn.<span class="title">PS</span> p.108</span> B., Hsch., Phot. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">worm-shaped cake</b>, Alciphr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>6. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b2">heap of threshed corn</b>, Hsch.</span>

|etymtx=1. <b class="b3">-ηκος</b><br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[worm]], [[larva]] (Ν 564).<br />Compounds: As 1. member a. o. in <b class="b3">σκωληκό-βρωτος</b> <b class="b2">eaten away by worms</b> (Thphr. etc.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">σκωλήκ-ιον</b> n. dimin. (Arist. etc.); <b class="b3">-ίτης</b> m. (<b class="b3">κηρός</b> or <b class="b3">στύραξ</b>) [[wax or resin in the shape of a worm]] (Dsc.; Redard 114); <b class="b3">-ώδης</b> <b class="b2">worm-like</b> (Arist.); <b class="b3">-όομαι</b> [[to be eaten away by worms]] with <b class="b3">-ωσις</b> f. (Thphr.); <b class="b3">-ιάω</b> <b class="b2">to suffer from worms</b> (Orib. a. o.) with <b class="b3">-ίασις</b> f. (Sm., Thd.); <b class="b3">-ίζω</b> <b class="b2">to beat irregularly</b>, of the pulse (Gal.; cf. <b class="b3">μυρμηκίζω</b>), <b class="b3">-ίζονται κινοῦνται ὡς οἱ σκώληκες</b> H.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Formation as [[σφήξ]], [[μύρμηξ]] a.o. (s. vv.); from <b class="b3">*σκῶλος</b> [[curvature]] with lenthened grade beside <b class="b3">σκέλος</b>, <b class="b3">σκολιός</b> (s. vv.). The primary noun seems preserved in <b class="b3">σκώλοισι δρεπάνοις</b>, <b class="b3">διὰ την σκολιότητα</b> H. as well as in <b class="b3">σκωλύπτομαι</b> [[curve]], [[wind]] (Nic. Th. 229); cf. still NGr. (Pontos) <b class="b3">σκοῦλος</b> <b class="b2">upper-shank</b> from <b class="b3">*σκῶλος</b> or <b class="b3">*σκόλος</b>. -- On <b class="b3">σκώληξ</b> in Ngr. s. also Georgacas <b class="b3">Ἀφιέρ</b>. <b class="b3">Τριανταφυλλίδη</b> 505 f.<br />2.<br />Grammatical information: ?<br />Meaning: <b class="b3">τὸ κυλιόμενον κῦμα</b> (H., Pl. com., Phryn.). <b class="b3">καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ἅλω τὸ δινηθεν καὶ συναχθεν εἰς λικμητόν</b> (=?), or <b class="b3">σκώλυξ</b>? H.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Metaphorical use of <b class="b3">σκώληξ</b> [[worm]]; after the winding and whiling movements (Phryn.). In the second meaning not with Bq to <b class="b3">σκῶλος</b>.