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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: | |etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[beetle]], [[gold-beetle]], [[dung-beetle]] (Ar. [[Νυ]]. 764, Arist.).<br />Other forms: also [[μηλολάνθη]] (Poll.), [[μηλάνθη]] (Herod.)<br />Compounds: <b class="b3">χρυσο-μηλολόνθιον</b> (Ar. V. 1341)<br />Derivatives: [[μηλολόνθιον]] (sch. Ar. V. 1332)<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]<br />Etymology: <b class="b3">μῆλον ὀλόνθιον</b>, prop. "fig-sheep", from [[μῆλον]] and [[ὄλονθος]] [[wild fig]], because many beetles are parasitic of figs and other plants; formation like <b class="b3">ἱππο-πόταμος</b> (for <b class="b3">ἵππος ποτάμιος</b>). After [[ἄνθος]] folketymologically reshaped into [[μηλολάνθη]]; from there after [[οἰνάνθη]] a. o. [[μηλάνθη]].-- Strömberg Wortstudien 5 ff. with extensive treatment and several parallels from diverse languages. | ||
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