ἔντομος

A. cut in pieces, esp. in neut. pl. ἔντομα victims offered to the dead, ἱερεῖα being prop. used in reference to gods (Eust. 1671 fin., cf. ἐναγίζω), ἔ. ποιεῖν offer as victims, Hdt. 2.119, cf. 7.191; ἔ. μήλων A.R. 1.587, cf. Call. ap.Sch.Th. Oxy. 853x38.

II. ἔντομα (sc. ζῷα), τά, insects, καλῶ δὲ ἔντομα ὅσα ἔχει κατὰ τὸ σῶμα ἐντομάς Arist. HA 487a33, cf. 523b13, Ant.Lib. 4.7.

III. ἔντομοι· ἔνορκοι, Hsch.