ἡλιοκάνθαρος

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English (LSJ)

ον,

   A the dung-beetle or scarab, Alex.Trall.Febr.7.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1162] ὁ, Sonnenkäfer, der Mistkäfer, weil er in Aegypten der Sonne geweiht u. ihr Sinnbild war, Sp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἡλιοκάνθᾰρος: -ον, κάνθαρος, κοπριών, μηλολόνθη· ἐκλήθη οὕτω, διότι ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ἦτο ἱερὸς τῷ ἡλίῳ καὶ σύμβολον αὐτοῦ. Ἀλεξ. Τραλλ.