ολιγγγοι

ολιγγγοι

Grammatical information: ?

Meaning: `a kind of locust' (Phot., Suid.). εἶδος ἀκρίδων. τινές ῥιζίον, ὅμοιον βολβῳ̃ H.

Other forms: Thus Latte; ms. ὀλίγιοι (but I see no reason to retain this accentuation).

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

Etymology: Connecting λιγύς does not help (Frisk, DELG). The word may be Pre-Greek (not in Furnée). Cf. Gil Fernandez, Nombres de insectos 95.

See also: s. ὀλίγος