thrips

thrips, ĭpis, m., = θρίψ, a wood-worm.

• I Lit., Plin. 16, 41, 80, § 220.—
• II Transf., trifles, worthless things, = quisquiliae, Mart. Cap. 2, § 164 (al. thriptes).

thrīps, īpis, Akk. Plur. īpas, m. (θρίψ), der Holzwurm, Holzkäfer, Plur. thrīpēs, Plin. 16, 220. – übtr., von Kleinigkeiten, Nichtigkeiten, Mart. Cap. 2. § 164 (Kopp thriptes).