- ἐμπίς
- ἐμπίς, -ίδοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `gnat' (Ar., Arist.).Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: Popular derivation from ἐμπίνειν `drink oneself full (of blood)', cf. e. g. δικλίδες to κλίνειν. Strömberg Wortstudien 14 (s. also Prellwitz Glotta 16, 153) with full argumentation. Older interpretations, all wrong, in Strömberg and Bq. Cf. Gil Fernandez, Nombres de insectos 26. Diff. Szemerényi, Syncope 143 n. 1.Page in Frisk: 1,506
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.