- σκώληξ
- σκώληξ, ηκος, ὁ,A worm, esp. earthworm,
ὥς τε σκώληξ ἐπὶ γαίῃ κεῖτο ταθείς Il.13.654
.2 pl., grubs or larvae of insects, Ar.V.1111, Fr. 583, Nicopho 1, Thphr.HP8.10.4; ἐξ οὗ ὅλου ὅλον γίνεται τὸ ζῷον, opp. the egg ([etym.] ᾠόν), Arist.HA489b8, cf. GA733a1, HA506a26, 551b2, al.3 pl., worms in dung, in decayed matter, in trees and wood, Thphr.HP3.12.6, 5.4.4, etc.4 metaph.,οἱ κόλακές εἰσι . . οὐσίας σκώληκες Anaxil.33.1
.5 aerugo vermicularis, Dsc.5.79, Androm. ap.Gal.13.806.II thread twisted from the distaff, Epig.7.III [dialect] Aeol. for κολόκυμα, Pl.Com.25, cf. Phryn.PS p.108 B., Hsch., Phot.IV worm-shaped cake, Alciphr.Fr.6.V heap of threshed corn, Hsch.
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