σκολόπενδρα

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ξένῳ δὲ σιγᾶν κρεῖττον ἢ κεκραγέναι → it's better for a stranger to keep silence than to shout (Menander)

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Transliteration A: skolópendra Transliteration B: skolopendra Transliteration C: skolopendra Beta Code: skolo/pendra

English (LSJ)

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   A scolopendra, millepede, Arist.HA489b22, 532a5, al.; classed with ἴουλος, ib.523b18, cf. Gal.UP3.2, Dsc.Eup.2.128.    2 the sea-scolopendra, perh. an animal of the genus Nereïs or Aphrodite, Arist.HA505b13, 621a6, Ael.NA7.26, Gal.12.366, Opp. H.2.424.