σφηκίον
From LSJ
πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κύλικος καὶ χείλεος ἄκρου → there is many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip, there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
English (LSJ)
τό,
A comb in a wasps' nest, as κηρίον in that of bees, Arist.HA628a17, al., Thphr.HP 4.8.7, Ael.NA4.39.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σφηκίον: τό, κυψελίδιον ἐν τῇ φωλεᾷ σφηκῶν, ὡς τὸ κηρίον ἐν τῇ τῶν μελισσῶν, Ἀριστ. περὶ τὰ Ζ. Ἱστορ. 9. 41, 6, κ. ἀλλ., Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 4. 8, 7, Αἰλ. π. Ζ. 4. 39. ΙΙ. ὑποκορ. τοῦ σφήξ, Ἐπιφάν. τ. 1, σ. 387Β.
