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Headword:
*purilampi/s
Adler number: pi,3218
Translated headword: glow-worm
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A tiny creature, which glows in the darkness; but some call it a lampyris.[1]
Greek Original:*purilampi/s: pthno/n ti mikro/n, o(\ e)n tw=| sko/tei la/mpei, kalei=tai de\ u(p' e)ni/wn lampuri/s.
Notes:
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Photius pi1560 Theodoridis; cf. pi1561, and
Hesychius pi1449.
[1] Other variants are
pyrolampis and (as under
omicron 500)
pygolampis, the latter apparently the most authentic (see LSJ s.v.).
Lampyris noctiluca, in any event.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 24 March 2008@11:34:00.
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