Dyme
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
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Δύμη, ἡ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Dȳme: ēs, f., = Δύμη,
I an old sea-coast town in Achaia, west of Olenos, now perhaps Kaminitza, Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 13.—Also called Dȳmae, ārum, f., Liv. 27, 31; 32, 21; 38, 29.—Hence,
II Dȳmaeus, a, um, adj., of Dymae, Dymaean: ager, Liv. 27, 31 fin.—In plur. subst.: Dȳmaei, ōrum, m., the Dymaeans, Cic. Att. 16, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Dȳmē, ēs, f. (Δύμη), Plin. 4, 13, et Dymæ, ārum, f., Liv. 27, 31, 11, Dymes [ville d’Achaïe] || -æus, a, um, de Dymes : Liv. 27, 31, 11 || subst. m. pl., Dyméens : Cic. Att. 16, 1, 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
Dȳmē, ēs, f. (Δύμη) u. Dȳmae, ārum, f., eine Stadt in Achaja am Meere, westl. von Olenos, j. Kaminitza, Plin. 4, 13: Form -ae, b. Liv. 27, 31, 9 sqq. – Dav. Dȳmaeus, a, um (Δυμαιος), dymäisch, ager, das Gebiet von Dyme (ἡ Δυμαία), Liv. – Plur. subst., Dȳmaeī, ōrum, m., die Dymäer (οἱ Δυμαιοι), Cic. u. Liv.
Wikipedia EN
Dyme (Ancient Greek: Δύμη), or Dymae, was a town and polis (city-state) of ancient Achaea, and the most westerly of the 12 Achaean cities, from which circumstance it is said to have derived its name. The location of Dyme is near the modern Kato Achaia.
