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φθείρ, a louse

φθείρ, ὁ, later ἡ, Phryn. 277: gen. φθειρός: dat. pl. φθειρσί:—
  • louse, Archil. 137, Heraclit. 56, Hdt. 2.37, 4.168, Ar. Pax 740, al., IG 42(1).122.45 (Epid., iv B. C.), etc.: prov., πρὸς φθεῖρα κείρασθαι, i. e. to be close shaven, Eub. 32; of the morbus pedicularis (φθειρίασις), τὴν σάρκα εἰς φθεῖρας μεταβάλλειν Plu. Sull. 36; τοῦ σώματος διαλυθέντος εἰς φθειρῶν πλῆθος D.S. 34/5.2.23; ὁ γευσάμενος . . φθειρσὶν ἐξέζεσεν Ael. NA 9.19.
      • 2 of lice that infest animals, Arist. HA 556b22; birds, ib. 557a11; fish, ib. 557a22; also vegetables, μὴ ὁ σῖτος φθειρὶ ζέσῃ Luc. Ep.Sat. 26, cf. Ctes. Fr. 57.21, Gal. 6.572; οὐ ποιήσει φθεῖρας ἡ ἄμπελος Gp. 5.30.1.
    • II sea-fish attendant on the dolphin, Naucrates ductor, Arist. HA 557a31, Marc.Sid. 86, Ael. NA 9.7.
    • III the seed of a kind of pine, Phot.
    • IV middle part of the rudder, Poll. 1.89.

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