ἐμπίς
From LSJ
ἀναγκαίως δ' ἔχει βίον θερίζειν ὥστε κάρπιμον στάχυν, καὶ τὸν μὲν εἶναι, τὸν δὲ μή → But it is our inevitable lot to harvest life like a fruitful crop, for one of us to live, one not. (Euripides, Hypsipyle fr. 60.94ff.)
English (LSJ)
ίδος, ἡ,
A mosquito, gnat, Ar.Nu.157; ἐμπίδες ὀξύστομοι Id.Av. 245, cf. Arist.HA490a21, Porph.Abst.3.20; the gnat Chironomus, Arist.HA551b27; prob. may-fly, ib.601a4. 2 larva of the οἶστρος, ib.487b5 (v.l.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 813] ίδος, ἡ, die Stechmücke, nach Schol. Ar. Nubb. 157 das spätere κώνωψ; ὀξύστομοι Av. 244; Arist. H. A. 1, 1 u. Sp.
