σφηκίον

From LSJ
Revision as of 20:30, 13 June 2022 by Spiros (talk | contribs) (Text replacement - "οῡ" to "οῦ")

οὐ μακαριεῖς τὸν γέροντα, καθ' ὅσον γηράσκων τελευτᾷ, ἀλλ' εἰ τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς συμπεπλήρωται· ἕνεκα γὰρ χρόνου πάντες ἐσμὲν ἄωροι → do not count happy the old man who dies in old age, unless he is full of goods; in fact we are all unripe in regards to time

Source
Click links below for lookup in third sources:
Full diacritics: σφηκίον Medium diacritics: σφηκίον Low diacritics: σφηκίον Capitals: ΣΦΗΚΙΟΝ
Transliteration A: sphēkíon Transliteration B: sphēkion Transliteration C: sfikion Beta Code: sfhki/on

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.

Greek Monolingual

τὸ, Α σφήξ, -ηκός]
1. κυψελίδιο στη φωλιά σφηκών («τοῦ μετοπώρου τελευτῶντος πλεῖστα καὶ μέγιστα γίνεσθαι σφηκία», Αριστοτ.)
2. υποκορ. του σφήξ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

σφηκίον: τό сотовая ячейка у ос Arst.