μυρτίλωψ

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εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain

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Full diacritics: μυρτίλωψ Medium diacritics: μυρτίλωψ Low diacritics: μυρτίλωψ Capitals: ΜΥΡΤΙΛΩΨ
Transliteration A: myrtílōps Transliteration B: myrtilōps Transliteration C: myrtilops Beta Code: murti/lwy

English (LSJ)

ζῷόν τι, Hsch.

Greek Monolingual

μυρτίλωψ (Α)
(κατά τον Ησύχ.) «ζῷόν τι».
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Αβέβαιης ετυμολ. Έχει διατυπωθεί ωστόσο η άποψη ότι ο τ. συνδέεται με τα αἰγί-λωψ, λῶπος, λέπω «ξεφλουδίζω» και ερμηνεύεται ως «ζώο που ξεφλουδίζει τη μυρτιά»].