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κνιπολόγος

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Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

Diodorus Siculus, 4.61.7
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Full diacritics: κνῑπολόγος Medium diacritics: κνιπολόγος Low diacritics: κνιπολόγος Capitals: ΚΝΙΠΟΛΟΓΟΣ
Transliteration A: knipológos Transliteration B: knipologos Transliteration C: knipologos Beta Code: knipolo/gos

English (LSJ)

ὁ, (κνίψ, λέγω)

   A gatherer of wood-insects, name of one of the woodpeckers, Arist.HA593a12.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1461] ὁ, ein Vogel, der Specht, od. Baumläufer, der Insekten sucht, Arist. H. A. 8, 3.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κνῑπολόγος: ὁ, (κνίψ, λέγω) τοὺς κνῖπας θηρεύων, κνιποφάγος, ὄνομα τοῦ δρυοκολάπτου, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 8. 3, 9˙ πρβλ. ξυλοκόπος.

Greek Monolingual

κνιπολόγος, ὁ (Α)
ονομασία είδους δρυοκολάπτη που τρέφεται με σκνίπες («ἄλλος, ὅς καλεῑται κνιπολόγος, τὸ μέγεθος μικρός, ὅσον ἀκανθυλλίς», Αριστοτ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κνίψ -ιπός + -λόγος (< λόγος < λέγω με σημ. «συλλέγω», πρβλ. συκολόγος (επίσης ονομ. πτηνού)].

Russian (Dvoretsky)

κνῑπολόγος:κνίψ дятел Arst.