ὄνιννος
τίς δ' οἶδεν εἰ τὸ ζῆν μέν ἐστι κατθανεῖν, τὸ κατθανεῖν δὲ ζῆν κάτω νομίζεται → who knows if life is death, and if in the underworld death is considered life
English (LSJ)
ὁ, parasite found in sea-weed, perh. A millepede, Thphr.HP 4.6.8 codd.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: name of a parasite in seaweed, kind of millepede (Thphr. HP 4, 6, 8).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: After Strömberg Wortstudien 11 f. to be analysed as ὄν-ιννος, from ὄνος and ἴννος (s. dd.); most improbable. Most prob. a Pre-Greek word (not in Furnée).
Frisk Etymology German
ὄνιννος: {óninnos}
Grammar: m.
Meaning: Bez. eines Schmarotzers im Meertang, ‘Art Tausend- füßer’ (Thphr. HP 4, 6, 8).
Etymology : Nach Strömberg Wortstudien 11 f. in ὄνιννος, von ὄνος und ἴννος (s. dd.), zu zerlegen.
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