ἡλιοκάνθαρος
From LSJ
ἄνδρες τεθνᾶσιν ἐκ χερῶν αὐτοκτόνων → the men are dead, murdered by their very own hands | dead are our chiefs by fratricidal hands | by kindred hands and mutual murder slain | their hands have killed each other
English (LSJ)
ἡλιοκάνθαρον, 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.
