κώνωψ

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Sophocles, Antigone, 277
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Full diacritics: κώνωψ Medium diacritics: κώνωψ Low diacritics: κώνωψ Capitals: ΚΩΝΩΨ
Transliteration A: kṓnōps Transliteration B: kōnōps Transliteration C: konops Beta Code: kw/nwy

English (LSJ)

ωπος, ὁ,

   A gnat, mosquito, A.Ag.892, Hdt.2.95, Orac. ap. Ar. Eq.1038, Arist.HA535a3, 552b5; μήτε ὡς λέων ἀναστρέφου μήτε ὡς κ. Metrod.Fr.60.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1546] ωπος, ὁ, die Mücke, Stechmücke, nach ihrem Stachel benannt; Her. 2, 95; Aesch. Ag. 893; Ar. Equ. 1038; Arist. H. A. 4, 7 u. A.; ὀξηρῷ φυόμενος κεράμῳ Dionys. 4 (XII, 108); vgl. Arist. H. A. 5, 19; Ael. H. A. 2, 4; ἐξ ὕδατος φθειρομένου S. Emp. pyrrh. 1, 41.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κώνωψ: -ωπος, ὁ, = «κουνοῦπι», Λατ. culex, Ἡρόδ. 2. 95, Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 892, Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 1038· παράγονται δὲ οἱ κώνωπες ἐκ σκωλήκων ἐν τῷ καθιζήματι τοῦ ὄξους, καὶ φαίνεται ὅτι εἶναι μικρότεροι τῶν ἐμπίδων, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 5. 19, 23, πρβλ. 4. 5, 29· κατὰ τὸν Sundevall, Stomoxys calcitrans.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ωπος (ὁ) :
cousin, insecte.
Étymologie: κῶνος, ὤψ.

English (Strong)

apparently a derivative of the base of κέντρον and a derivative of ὀπτάνομαι; a mosquito (from its stinging proboscis): gnat.

English (Thayer)

κωνωπος, ὁ, a gnat (Aeschylus), Herodotus, Hippocrates, others); of the wine-gnat or midge that is bred in (fermenting and) evaporating wine (Aristotle, h. an. 5,19 (p. 552{b}, 5; cf. Bochart, Hierozoicon, iii. 444; Buxtorf, Lex. talm. etc. 921 (474{a} Fischer edition))): Matthew 23:24.