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πάρνοψ

πάρνοψ, a locust

πάρνοψ, οπος, ὁ,
  • a kind of locust, = κόρνοψ, Ar. Ach. 150, Av. 588, Nicophoi, Gal. UP 3.2, Ael. NA 6.19:—hence Παρνόπιος Ἀπόλλων, averter of locusts, Paus. 1.24.8: also Παρνοπίων, ωνος, ὁ, Str. 13.1.64; as name of a month among the Aeolians of Asia, ibid. (nisi leg. Πορν-, v. Πορνόπιος).

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