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σέρφος

σέρφος, gnat

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σέρφον Noun: masculine accusative singular of σέρφος

See σέρφον in Morpho

σέρφος, ὁ,
  • a small winged insect, prob. a kind of gnat or winged ant, Ar. V. 352 (ubi v. Sch.), Av. 82, 569, Nicopho 1, dub. in Phld. Mort. 34: prov., ἔνεστι κἀν μύρμηκι κἀν σέρφῳ χολή ‘even the gnat has its sting’, Sch. Ar. Av. 82, V. 352, cf. AP 10.49 (Pall.):—written συρφός in Hsch.

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