κνίψ

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Formation rhyming with θρίψ (thríps, woodworm) and ἴψ (íps, kind of worm). It has been compared with words for "pinching" in Baltic and Germanic, but these are rather European substrate words. The whole picture is that of a Pre-Greek word: very small animal, long , prothetic σ-.

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Noun

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κνῑ́ψ (knī́psm (genitive κνῑπός); third declension

  1. kind of insect that infests fig and oak trees and devours the gallfly

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