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ἢν μή τις ὥσπερ σφηκιὰν βλίττῃ με κἀρεθίζῃ → may no one squeeze me and tease me like a wasp | may no one smoke me and tease me like a wasp | but if anyone annoys me and rifles my nest, they'll find a wasp inside | still if you wake a wasps' nest then of wasps you must beware
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|lshtext=<b>sīstrum</b>: i, n., = [[σεῖστρον]] | |lshtext=<b>sīstrum</b>: i, n., = [[σεῖστρον]],<br /><b>I</b> a metallic [[rattle]] [[which]] [[was]] used by the Egyptians in celebrating the rites of [[Isis]], and in [[other]] [[lascivious]] festivals, Ov. Am. 2, 13, 11; id. P. 1, 1, 38; id. M. 9, 692; 9, 777; 9, 783; id. A. A. 3, 635; Mart. 14, 54, 2; Juv. 13, 93; Stat. S. 3, 2, 102; App. M. 2, p. 127; 11, p. 258; 11, p. 261 al.—By the Jews, Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 6.—Hence [[sarcastically]], as if used for a [[war]] - [[trumpet]] by the [[wanton]] [[Cleopatra]], Verg. A. 8, 696; Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 43; Luc. 10, 63; Isid. Orig. 3, 4; 18, 4. | ||
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Revision as of 09:34, 13 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sīstrum: i, n., = σεῖστρον,
I a metallic rattle which was used by the Egyptians in celebrating the rites of Isis, and in other lascivious festivals, Ov. Am. 2, 13, 11; id. P. 1, 1, 38; id. M. 9, 692; 9, 777; 9, 783; id. A. A. 3, 635; Mart. 14, 54, 2; Juv. 13, 93; Stat. S. 3, 2, 102; App. M. 2, p. 127; 11, p. 258; 11, p. 261 al.—By the Jews, Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 6.—Hence sarcastically, as if used for a war - trumpet by the wanton Cleopatra, Verg. A. 8, 696; Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 43; Luc. 10, 63; Isid. Orig. 3, 4; 18, 4.
