ἐμπίς

ίδος, ἡ
A. mosquito, gnat, Ar. Nu. 157; ἐμπίδες ὀξύστομοι Id. Av. 245, cf. Arist. HA 490a21, Porph. Abst. 3.20; the gnat Chironomus, Arist. HA 551b27; prob. may-fly, ib.601a4.
2. larva of the οἶστρος, ib.487b5 (v.l.).
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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