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Grammatical information: m.Meaning: des. of a `small winged insect, gnat, winged ant' (Ar. a.o.);Other forms: also σύρφος θηρίδιον μικρόν, ὁποῖον ἐμπίς H. (υ-vow. onomatop. as in surren, Lat. susurrus a. o.?); σέριφος m., - ίφη f. `kind of locust' (Zen., Suid.), - ιφον n. = ἀψίνθιον θαλάσσιον (Dsc., Gal.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: To the animal-names in - φος, - ιφος ( ἔλαφος, ἔριφος a. o.) Schwyzer 495, Chantraine Form. 263, Specht Ursprung 266. Unexplained. Wrong v. Bradke ZDMG 40, 352 a. o. (also Güntert Kalypso 235ff. with new arguments), s. Bq; not better Venmans Mnem. 58, 71 (s. Specht l.c. n. 8, Kretschmer Glotta 21, 181). On the island-name Σέριφος s. Bürcher P. -W. 2, 2, 1729. -- The variation points to a Pre-Greek word, Furnée 384. One would assume for σέρφος\/ σέριφος a form *serybh-os (and even *sarybh-os); but σύρφος seems hard to combine with this: one expects here rather * sarʷbh-os; must two words be separated?Page in Frisk: 2,693Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > σέρφος
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