ἴ̄ψ

ἴ̄ψ, ἰ̄πός

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: name of a worm, that eats horn and wood, and notably vines (φ 395, Thphr., Str.),

Compounds: Ίπο-κτόνος name of a god in Erythrai (Str. 13, 1, 64).

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

Etymology: Rhyming with θρίψ, κνίψ, σκνίψ, perh. cross of these and ἴξ (s. v.). Of old connected with ἴψασθαι (s. ἶπος); against this Solmsen Wortforsch. 173 n. 2 (S. 174). An other suggestion in Schwyzer 299 (after Georgiev): orig. ἴξ, ἰπός levelled to ἴξ, ἰκός, resp. ἴψ, ἰπός. S. also Gil Fernandaz, Nombres de insectos 116. Rather ἶξ and ἶψ were one word, Pre-Greek *ikʷ-s, with diff. adaptations to Greek.

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