一切經音義 80.133

80.133

螟[(虫*弋)/貝]（上覔萍反毛詩傳云蝗虫食禾心曰螟說文又云食穀葉者從虫冥聲下騰勒反爾雅云虫食葉曰𧎢詩云去其螟𧎢吏乞貸即生𧎢也說文從虫貣聲貣他勒反錄文作𧑞與月令同案字書𧑞音騰爾雅云𧑞蛇也龍類也非螟𧎢義也）。

螟[(虫*弋)/貝] ("Caterpillars and cutworms"): The first character is pronounced with the fanqie 覔 + 萍 (míng). The Mao Commentary on the Classic of Poetry states: 'The locust-like insect that eats the core of grain is called míng.' The Shuowen jiezi also states: 'That which eats cereal leaves; it takes the radical 虫 (insect) with 冥 as the phonetic.' The second character is pronounced with the fanqie 騰 + 勒 (tè). The Erya states: 'Insects that eat leaves are called tè.' The Classic of Poetry states: 'Remove their míng and tè; when officials extort and borrow, that is when tè are born.' The Shuowen jiezi states that it takes the radical 虫 (insect) with 貣 as the phonetic; 貣 is pronounced with the fanqie 他 + 勒 (tè). The catalogue text writes 𧑞, which is identical to the Yueling. Examining the character books, 𧑞 is pronounced téng; the Erya states: 'A téng is a snake, belonging to the dragon class,' which is not the meaning of míng-tè.