βαφικός
From LSJ
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 (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A fit for dyeing, κόκκος Dsc.Eup.1.37; βοτάνη Luc.Alex.12: -κή (sc. τέχνη), ἡ, art of dyeing, Ph.1.353, Plu.2.228b, PRyl.98.2 (ii A. D.). II βίβλοι βαφικαί, in Alchemy, books on gilding and silvering, Ps.-Democr. ap. Syn.Alch.p.57 B.; καῦσις β. Zos.Alch.p.208B. III βαφικόν, τό, form of ἰνδικόν, Dsc.5.92.
German (Pape)
[Seite 440] zum Färben gehörig, βοτάνη Luc. Alex. 12; ἡ βαφική, die Färbekunst, Plut. Lac. apophth. p. 224.
