idris

== Translingual == === Etymology === New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἴδρις (ídris, “experienced”), alluding to a verse by Hesiod (Works and Days, 778): ὅτε τ'ἴδρις σωρὸν αμᾶται, "while the experienced one gathers a heap", where many philologists, but not all, interpret ἴδρις as a metaphor for "ant." === Suffix === idris ant ==== Terms suffixed with -idris ==== Afroxyidris Ancyridris Anillidris Axinidris Bajcaridris Baracidris Boltonidris Cariridris Chimaeridris Chonidris Creightonidris Cyphoidris Dlusskyidris Eocenidris Epelysidris Gaolingongidris Gracilidris Ishakidris Kartidris Kempfidris Kyidris Malagidris Myrcidris Nothidris Oxyidris Philidris Protalaridris Recurvidris Royidris Talaridris Tatuidris Vombisidris Vulcanidris Zhangidris === References === "ἴδρις", in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers. E.F.Beall, 2001, Notes on Hesiod's Works and Days, American Journal of Philology 122(2): 166-167. George C. Wheeler, 1956, Myrmecological orthoepy and onomatology, Grand Forks, Printed by University of North Dakota Press, p. 4. William Morton Wheeler, 1935, Two new genera of Myrmicine ants from Papua and the Philippines, Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 15(1): 1, ISSN: 0749-8934.