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|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: des. of a <b class="b2">small winged insect, gnat, winged ant</b> (Ar. a.o.);<br />Other forms: also <b class="b3">σύρφος θηρίδιον μικρόν</b>, <b class="b3">ὁποῖον ἐμπίς</b> H. (<b class="b3">υ-</b>vow. onomatop. as in [[surren]], Lat. [[susurrus]] a. o.?); <b class="b3">σέριφος</b> m., <b class="b3">-ίφη</b> f. <b class="b2">kind of locust</b> (Zen., Suid.), <b class="b3">-ιφον</b> n. = <b class="b3">ἀψίνθιον θαλάσσιον</b> (Dsc., Gal.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: To the animal-names in <b class="b3">-φος</b>, <b class="b3">-ιφος</b> (<b class="b3">ἔλαφος</b>, <b class="b3">ἔριφος</b> a. o.) Schwyzer 495, Chantraine Form. 263, Specht Ursprung 266. Unexplained. Wrong v. Bradke ZDMG 40, 352 a. o. (also Güntert Kalypso 235ff. with new arguments), s. Bq; not better Venmans Mnem. 58, 71 (s. Specht l.c. n. 8, Kretschmer Glotta 21, 181). On the island-name <b class="b3">Σέριφος</b> s. Bürcher P. -W. 2, 2, 1729. -- The variation points to a Pre-Greek word, Furnée 384. One would assume for <b class="b3">σέρφος</b>\/<b class="b3">σέριφος</b> a form <b class="b2">*serybh-os</b> (and even <b class="b2">*sarybh-os</b>); but <b class="b3">σύρφος</b> seems hard to combine with this: one expects here rather <b class="b2">*sarʷbh-os</b>; must two words be separated? | |etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: des. of a <b class="b2">small winged insect, gnat, winged ant</b> (Ar. a.o.);<br />Other forms: also <b class="b3">σύρφος θηρίδιον μικρόν</b>, <b class="b3">ὁποῖον ἐμπίς</b> H. (<b class="b3">υ-</b>vow. onomatop. as in [[surren]], Lat. [[susurrus]] a. o.?); <b class="b3">σέριφος</b> m., <b class="b3">-ίφη</b> f. <b class="b2">kind of locust</b> (Zen., Suid.), <b class="b3">-ιφον</b> n. = <b class="b3">ἀψίνθιον θαλάσσιον</b> (Dsc., Gal.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: To the animal-names in <b class="b3">-φος</b>, <b class="b3">-ιφος</b> (<b class="b3">ἔλαφος</b>, <b class="b3">ἔριφος</b> a. o.) Schwyzer 495, Chantraine Form. 263, Specht Ursprung 266. Unexplained. Wrong v. Bradke ZDMG 40, 352 a. o. (also Güntert Kalypso 235ff. with new arguments), s. Bq; not better Venmans Mnem. 58, 71 (s. Specht l.c. n. 8, Kretschmer Glotta 21, 181). On the island-name <b class="b3">Σέριφος</b> s. Bürcher P. -W. 2, 2, 1729. -- The variation points to a Pre-Greek word, Furnée 384. One would assume for <b class="b3">σέρφος</b>\/<b class="b3">σέριφος</b> a form <b class="b2">*serybh-os</b> (and even <b class="b2">*sarybh-os</b>); but <b class="b3">σύρφος</b> seems hard to combine with this: one expects here rather <b class="b2">*sarʷbh-os</b>; must two words be separated? | ||
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|mdlsjtxt=[[σέρφος]], ὁ,<br />a [[kind]] of [[gnat]] or [[winged]] ant, Ar. | |||
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