sting

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

P. and V. κεντεῖν, V. χρίειν. Plato, P. and V. δάκνειν, πλήσσω (Attic: πλήττω), πληγεῖσα ὑπὸ σκορπίου: stung by a scorpion Sammelb.1267.6 (i A. D.); vex, anger.

things that sting the heart: V. καρδίας δηκτήρια (Euripides, Hecuba 235).

substantive

Lit., that which stings: P. and V. κέντρον, τό, Ar. ἐγκεντρίς, ἡ.

wound produced by sting: Ar. and P. δῆγμα, V. θάλπος, τό, χάραγμα, τό (of a serpent's sting).

Met., P. and V. οἶστρος, ὁ (Plato), κέντρον, τό.

bitterness: P. and V. πικρότης, ἡ.

furnished with a sting: P. κεκεντρωμένος (Plato).

without a sting (of drones): P. ἄκεντρος (Plato).