γαιηφάγος
From LSJ
Τραφὲν ὄρεσι καὶ φάραγξιν ἀγρίαις, κήρυξ πέφυκα τῆς λόγου ὑμνῳδίας. Φωνήν μὲν οὐκ ἔναρθρον, εὔηχον δ' ἔχω (Byzantine riddle) → Raised in the mountains and wild ravines, I have become the herald of hymns that are sung. I have no articulate voice...
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], ον, A earth-eating, of worms, Numen. ap. Ath. 7.305a; cf. γαφάγας.
German (Pape)
[Seite 470] Erde fressend, p. bei Ath. VII, 305 a.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
γαιηφάγος: [ᾰ], -ον, ὁ τρώγων χῶμα, Ἀθήν. 305Α.
Spanish (DGE)
-ον
• Alolema(s): γαιο- Nic.Th.784
• Prosodia: [-ᾰ-]
que come tierrade las lombrices de tierra, Numen.Her.SHell.584.3, de escorpiones, Nic.Th.l.c., cf. γαφάγας, γηφάγος.
Greek Monolingual
-ον
βλ. γαιοφάγος.
