κώνωπες

κώνωψ

gnat: masc nom /voc pl

κνώδαλ-ον, τό, any

A wild creature, Od.17.317;

κνώδαλ' ὅσ' ἤπειρος πολλὰ τρέφει ἠδὲ θάλασσα Hes.Th. 582

; but also, of an ox or ass, h.Merc. 188; of beasts generally,

κνωδάλων τε καὶ βροτῶν A.Ch. 601

(lyr.); κ. πτεροῦντα καὶ πεδοστιβῆ, of birds and beasts, Id.Supp. 1000; κ. βροτοφθόρων ib. 264; of sea-monsters,

κνώδαλ' ἐν βένθεσι πορφυρέας ἁλός Alcm.60.5

, cf. A. Ch. 587 (lyr.);

ἔζευξα πρῶτος ἐν ζυγοῖσι κνώδαλα Id.Pr. 462

; ἀνημέρωσα κνωδάλων ὁδόν (sc. Theseus) S.Fr. 905, cf. Tr. 716; of boars, lions, E. Supp. 146; asses, Pi.P.10.36; serpents, Id.N.1.50, Nic.Th.98, Pl. Ax. 365c;

κώνωπες νυκτὸς κ. διπτέρυγα AP5.150

(Mel.); of persons, as a term of reproach,

ὦ παντομισῆ κ. A.Eu. 644

: Com., brutes, beasts,

τρία κ. ἀναιδῆ Cratin.233

, cf. Ar.Lys. 477; also ἁβρὰ Μουσᾶν κ. dainty prey of the Muses, Cerc.7.9.

κόρνοψ, οπος, ὁ, a kind of

A locust, like πάρνοψ, Str.13.1.64 (but κορνώπιδες = κώνωπες, Hsch.):—hence [full] Κορνοπίων, ωνος, ὁ, Locust-scarer, title of Heracles at Oeta, Str.l.c.

κουμᾶσι· τὸ τῶν ὀρνίθων οῐκημα, Hsch. [full] κούνημα· κόκων ἢ ὁ κύων, Id. [full] κούνικλος,

A v. κύνικλος. [full] κούνουπες (- οῦνες cod.), = κώνωπες, Id. [full] κουπήϊον, τό = καμάρα ἡ ἐπὶ τῶν ἁμαξῶν γινομένη, Id.

σάβειρος· σάβειρος, σάβειος, κόραξ, Hsch. [full] σαβῆρον· τὸ δακτύλιον, Id. [full] σάβηττοι· κώνωπες, Id.

σοί,

A v. σύ. [full] σοιδηύδεις· βάκχαι.. , Hsch. [full] σοίθης· ψίθυρος, ἀλαζών, διάβολος, Id. [full] σοίκιδες· κώνωπες, Id. [full] σοῖο, [dialect] Ion.gen. of σός, σόν.

ἀερο-κόρδακες, οἱ, and [suff] ἀερο-κώνωπες, οἱ, fabulous creatures in Luc.VH1.16.

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `locust' (Ar.).

Other forms: Aeol. Boeot. (Str. 13, 1,64) πόρνοψ, also κόρνοψ (Str. l.c.), - οπος. There is also πρανώ ἀκρίδος εἶδος H. and κάρνος μεγάλη ἀκρίς H. (Furnée 344, 388).

Derivatives: Παρνόπιος(-πίων) Άπόλλων (Paus., Str.), as defender against locusts, like Κορνοπίων, - ωνος as surname of Heracles in Oitaia (Str.); from it the Aeol. month-name Πορνόπιος, - πίων (Cyme, Str.). -- κορνώπιδες κώνωπες H.

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

Etymology: Formation like δρύοψ, σκάλοψ and other animal-names (Chantraine Form. 259, Schwyzer 426 w. n. 4); further unknown. The form with κ- may have been dissimilated from π- (cf. Schwyzer 29 8 f.). Suppositions which must be rejected (from Solmsen, Bally, Sturtevant) in Bq; not better Strömberg Wortstud. 16 f. -- Given the fact that there are more forms it is probable that we are not concerned sith a simple dissimilation; I think the word had a labio-velar of which the labial element could be lost before o (and the o itself is prob. from α after labio-velar). - οπ- is a Pre-Greek suffix.

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