- μέμβραξ
- μέμβραξ, -ακοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `kind of cicada' (Ael.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Formation like ἀσπάλαξ, κόραξ, ὕραξ and other animal-names (Chantraine Form. 379). Prob. as soundimitating to βράζειν `drone' a. o. Other names of the cicada's and locusts of that kind in Strömberg Wortstudien 18. Acc. to Gil Emer. 25, 322 f. Pre-Greek. Cf. μεμβράς. So prob. Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,206
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.