βλίττω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=aor. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἔβλῐσα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>564e</span>:—<b class="b2">cut out the comb of bees, take the honey</b>, l.c.; σφηκιὰν β. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>778</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">β. τὸν δῆμον</b> [[rob]] the people [[of their honey]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>794</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lys.</span>475</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">πλεῖστονδὴ… τοῖς κηρῆσι μέλι βλίττεται</b> prob. in Pl. l.c.; <b class="b3">β. τὰ σμήνη</b> the hives [[have their honey taken]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>554a15</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">627b2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">βλίσσειν·</b> = [[μαλάσσειν]], <span class="bibl">Erot.<span class="title">Fr.</span>16</span>. (For [[μλίτ]]-[[y]]ω, cf. [[μέλι]].)</span>