續一切經音義 6.83

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螻蟻（上勒候反下又作螘同音宜豈反小雅云大者蚍蜉亦大螘也小者螘子說文爾雅皆從豈作螘經從義作蟻俗字今俗通[撼-咸+(句-口+夕)]呼螻蟻一云大曰螻小曰蟻子也）。

Mole crickets and ants (螻蟻: the upper character has the fanqie *lè* + *hòu* [lóu]. The lower character is also written as 螘, both pronounced with the fanqie *yí* + *qǐ* [yǐ]; the *Xiaoya* says, "The large ones are horse ants, which are large ants; the small ones are ant-larvae." The *Shuowen* and the *Erya* both write it as 螘 with *qǐ*. The sūtra uses 蟻 with *yì*, which is a popular form. Nowadays they are commonly referred to together as *lóuyǐ*. Another explanation says: the large are called *lóu*, and the small are called *yǐzǐ*).