σέρφος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, a small winged insect, prob. a kind of [[gnat]] or [[winged ant]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>352</span> (ubi v. Sch.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>82</span>, <span class="bibl">569</span>, <span class="bibl">Nicopho 1</span>, dub. in <span class="bibl">Phld. <span class="title">Mort.</span>34</span>: [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">ἔνεστι κἀν μύρμηκι κἀν σέρφῳ χολή</b> 'even the gnat has its sting', Sch.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>82</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">V.</span>352</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>10.49 (Pall.):—written συρφός in Hsch.

|elnltext=σέρφος -ου, ὁ mug.

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: des. of a [[small winged insect]], [[gnat]], [[winged ant]] (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.?); [[σέριφος]] m., <b class="b3">-ίφη</b> f. [[kind of locust]] (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> ([[ἔλαφος]], [[ἔριφος]] 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 [[Σέριφος]] s. Bürcher P. -W. 2, 2, 1729. -- The variation points to a Pre-Greek word, Furnée 384. One would assume for [[σέρφος]]/[[σέριφος]] a form <b class="b2">*serybh-os</b> (and even <b class="b2">*sarybh-os</b>); but [[σύρφος]] seems hard to combine with this: one expects here rather <b class="b2">*sarʷbh-os</b>; must two words be separated?

|ftr='''σέρφος''': {sérphos}<br />'''Forms''': auch [[σύρφος]]· [[θηρίδιον]] μικρόν, ὁποῖον [[ἐμπίς]] H. (υ-Vok. lautnachahmend wie in ''surren'', lat. ''susurrus'' u. a.?); [[σέριφος]] m., -ίφη f. [[Art Heuschrecke]] (Zen., Suid.), -ιφον n. = [[ἀψίνθιον]] θαλάσσιον (Dsk., Gal.).<br />'''Grammar''': m.<br />'''Meaning''': Bez. eines kleinen geflügelten Insekts, [[Mücke]], [[geflügelte Ameise]] (Ar. u.a.);<br />'''Etymology''': Zu den Tiernamen auf -φος, -ιφος ([[ἔλαφος]], [[ἔριφος]] u. a.) Schwyzer 495, Chantraine Form. 263, Specht Ursprung 266. Unerklärt. Verfehlt v. Bradke ZDMG 40, 352 u. a. (auch Güntert Kalypso 235ff. mit neuen Argumenten), s. Bq; nicht besser Venmans Mnem. 58, 71 (s. Specht a. O. A. 8, Kretschmer Glotta 21, 181). Zum Inselnamen [[Σέριφος]] s. Bürcher P. -W. 2, 2, 1729.<br />'''Page''' 2,693