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Headword: Κνίψ
Adler number: kappa,1879
Translated headword: small ant, gnawing insect
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
A small animal. The genitive κνιπός was changed to a nominative, and it means one who spends little.[1]
Greek Original:
Κνίψ: ζωύ̈φιον. ἡ γενικὴ τοῦ κνιπὸς μετέστη εἰς εὐθεῖαν, καὶ σημαίνει τὸν ὀλίγα δαπανῶντα.
Notes:
Same entry in Photius and the Synagoge. For a different spelling cf. kappa 2281 and under pi 1531.
[1] The adjective κνιπός -- which has nothing to with the present headword -- means "niggardly, miserly": see Greek Anthology 11.172.1.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; imagery; poetry; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 10 December 2008@00:42:53.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics) on 10 December 2008@03:05:07.
David Whitehead (x-refs) on 10 December 2008@08:49:24.
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