σήραμβος

English (LSJ)

εἶδος κανθάρου, Hsch.

Greek Monolingual

Α
(κατά τον Ησύχ.) «εἶδος κανθάρου».

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: ?
Meaning: εἶδος κανθάρου H.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] (V)
Etymology: By Strömberg Wortstud. 23 considered as Laconian for θήραφος spider; for the suffix cf. on κεράμβυξ. -- Furnée 171 compares σίραμφος τὸ ῥύγχος, with a note (114) on η\/ι in Pre-Greek; the σ. would be a snout beetle (on p. 183 I don't find it).