σκώληξ: Difference between revisions

|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> [[eaten away by worms]] (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> [[to suffer from worms]] (Orib. a. o.) with <b class="b3">-ίασις</b> f. (Sm., Thd.); <b class="b3">-ίζω</b> [[to beat irregularly]], 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>.