κώνωψ
From LSJ
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English (LSJ)
ωπος, ὁ,
A gnat, mosquito, A.Ag.892, Hdt.2.95, Orac. ap. Ar. Eq.1038, Arist.HA535a3, 552b5; μήτε ὡς λέων ἀναστρέφου μήτε ὡς κ. Metrod.Fr.60.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1546] ωπος, ὁ, die Mücke, Stechmücke, nach ihrem Stachel benannt; Her. 2, 95; Aesch. Ag. 893; Ar. Equ. 1038; Arist. H. A. 4, 7 u. A.; ὀξηρῷ φυόμενος κεράμῳ Dionys. 4 (XII, 108); vgl. Arist. H. A. 5, 19; Ael. H. A. 2, 4; ἐξ ὕδατος φθειρομένου S. Emp. pyrrh. 1, 41.
