續一切經音義 6.83

6.83

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*).