σκώληξ, ηκος, ὁ, worm, esp. earthworm, ὥς τε σκώληξ ἐπὶ γαίῃ κεῖτο ταθείς Il. 13.654 .
2. pl., grubs or larvae of insects, Ar. V. 1111, Fr. 583, Nicopho 1, Thphr. HP 8.10.4; ἐξ οὗ ὅλου ὅλον γίνεται τὸ ζῷον, opp. the egg ( ᾠόν ), Arist. HA 489b8, cf. GA 733a1, HA 506a26, 551b2, al.
3. pl., worms in dung, in decayed matter, in trees and wood, Thphr. HP 3.12.6, 5.4.4, etc.
4. metaph., οἱ κόλακές εἰσι . . οὐσίας σκώληκες Anaxil. 33.1 .
5. aerugo vermicularis, Dsc. 5.79, Androm. ap. Gal. 13.806.
II thread twisted from the distaff, Epig. 7 . III Aeol. for κολόκυμα, Pl.Com. 25, cf. Phryn. PS p.108 B., Hsch., Phot. worm-shaped cake, Alciphr. Fr. 6. heap of threshed corn, Hsch.
G4663 — σκώληξ
σκωληκος, ὁ (perhaps akin to σκολιός), a worm (Homer, Iliad 13, 654); specifically, that kind which preys upon dead bodies (Sir. 10:11 Sir. 19:3; 2 Macc. 9:9; Anthol. 7, 480, 3; 10, 78, 3): ὁ σκώληξ αὐτῶν οὐ τελευτᾷ, by a figure borrowed from [Isa 66:24] (cf. Sir. 7:17; Judith 16:17), 'their punishment after death will never cease' (σκώληξ symbolizing perhaps the loathsomeness of the penalty), [Mar 9:44], [Mar 9:46],(T WH omit; Tr brackets these two verses),48.
σκώληξ , - ηκος , ὁ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H8438 and cogn . forms;]
a worm: of the kind which preys upon dead bodies, metaph ., of fut . punishment, [Mar 9:48] ( LXX , [Isa 66:24]; cf. Sir 7:17 , Jdt 16:17 ). †