βδέλλ-ᾰ,ἡ, (βδάλλω)
A. leech, Hdt. 2.68 , Arist. IA 709a29 , Theoc. 2.56 , Nic. Al. 500 , LXX Pr. 24.50 ( 30.15 ): metaph.,β. σπιλάδων, of a fisherman, AP 6.193 (Flacc.).
2. lamprey, Str. 17.3.4 .
II.
= βδέλλιον , J. AJ 3.1.6 , Peripl.M.Rubr. 37 , al., Edict.Diocl. 32.54 , Damocr. ap. Gal. 14.129 , PMag.Berol. 1.286 , PMag.Leid.V. 12.24 .