κωνωπο-θήρας ὄρνις ὁ κώνωπας θηρεύων

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `gnat, mosquito' (A., Hdt. 2, 95. Arist.);

Compounds: Compp. e.g. κωνωπο-θήρας ὄρνις ὁ κώνωπας θηρεύων H.

Derivatives: κωνώπιον, Dimin. (Gal.), usu. `couch with mosquito-curtains' (LXX); - εών, - ῶνος m. `id.' (AP 9, 764 tit.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: "Die Anknüpfung an κῶνος und ὤψ (ὄψ) mit Prellwitz u. A. leuchtet, trotz Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 42 n. 2 und Prellwitz Glotta 16, 152, kaum ein." After Spiegelberg KZ 41, 131 from Egypt. h̯amś `gnat' with adaptation to κῶνος [why?]. Also κωνώπιον would be folketymologically reshaped, i. e. from *κανώπιον, from the Egyptian town Canōpus, s. W.-Hofmann s. cōnōpium. (Not with Pisani ZDMG 98, 329 to Skt. mat-kuṇa- `bug'. - So there is no etymology; the word is prob. Pre-Greek (which has a suffix - ωπ-).

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