σύρφος

Ancient Greek

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Noun

σῠ́ρφος • (sŭ́rphosm (genitive σῠ́ρφου); second declension

  1. alternative form of σέρφος (sérphos, gnat; winged ant)
    • [5th c. CE, Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Σ:
      σύρφος· θηρίδιον μικρόν, ὁποῖον ἐμπίς
      súrphos; thērídion mikrón, hopoîon empís
      súrphos: a small animal, like a gnat]

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