σκώληξ, ηκος, ὁ,
worm, especially earthworm, ὥς τε σκώληξ ἐπὶ γαίῃ κεῖτο ταθείς [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.654. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 plural, grubs or larvae of insects, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1111, “fragment” 583, 5th-6th c.BC: Nicopho Comicus 1, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 8.10.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξ οὗ ὅλου ὅλον γίνεται τὸ ζῷον, opposed to the egg (ᾠόν), [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 489b8, compare “GA” 733a1, “HA” 506a26, 551b2, +others ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 plural, worms in dung, in decayed matter, in trees and wood, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.12.6, 5.4.4, etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4 metaphorically, οἱ κόλακές εἰσι.. οὐσίας σκώληκες [[ 4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 33.1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__5 aerugo vermicularis, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.79, 1st c.AD: Andromachus Poeta Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.806. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II thread twisted from the distaff, [[ 4th c.BC: Epigenes Comicus 7. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III Aeolic dialect for κολόκυμα, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 25, compare 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista “Praeparatio Sophistica” p.108 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]