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Sophocles, Fragment 698

Spanish (DGE)

-οῦ, ὁ
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1 lirón, Glis glis L., Arist.HA 600b12, Dsc.Eup.1.54.4, μύες ἐλιοί DP 4.38, cf. Paus.Gr.ε 32, Antig.Fr.50A, Gal.6.666
confundido y entendido como ardilla Hsch.s.u. ἐλειούς.
2 larva xilófaga, quizá las de bupréstidos, usada como cebo, Callistr.Arist. en Hsch.ε 1977, cf. εἰλύϊος.
3 especie de lagartija o salamanquesa Aristarch. en Hsch.s.u. ἐλείους.
4 un tipo de ave rapaz Hsch.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἐλειός: ὁ зоол. предполож. соня (Myoxus glis) Arst.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: a kind of dormouse, Myoxus glis (Arist. HA 600b 12); also = εἶδος ἱέρακος H. (?). Beside it ὄλιος σκίουρος, ἐλειός H., with lowerital. oḍḍío etc. id.; Rohlfs WB Nr. 621.
Other forms: Also ἑλ-.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Unknown. Pre-Greek.

Frisk Etymology German

ἐλειός: {eleiós}
Forms: (ἑλ-)
Grammar: m.
Meaning: Art Siebenschläfer, Haselmaus, Myoxus glis (Arist. HA 600b 12 u. a.); nach H. auch = εἶδος ἱέρακος (?).
Derivative: Daneben ὄλιος· σκίουρος, ἐλειός H., wozu unterital. oḍḍío usw. Siebenschläfer, Haselmaus; Rohlfs WB Nr. 621.
Etymology : Herkunft unbekannt.
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