βδέλλ-ᾰ, ἡ,
(βδάλλω) leech, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.68, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Incessu Animalium” 709a29, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.56, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 500, LXX.Pro.24.50 (30.15): _metaphorically_, β. σπιλάδων] LXX+5th c.BC+], of a fisherman, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 6.193 (Flacc.). ] Refs]
__2 lamprey, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.3.4. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II ={βδέλλιον}, [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 3.1.6, “Periplus Maris Rubri [1st c.AD]” 37, +others, “Edict.Diocl.” 32.54, 1st c.AD: Damocrates Poeta Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.129, “PMag.Berol.” 1.286, “PMag.Leid.V.” 12.24. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]