Lewis & Short

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

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