Δαλματεῖς
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)
οἱ,
A Dalmatians, Plb.12.5.2, Str.7.5.5:—also Δαλμάται, App.Ill.11: Δαλματία, ἡ, Str.7.5.3:—Adj. δακτῠλο-τικός, ή, όν, Id.7.5.5:—hence Δαλμᾰτική, ἡ, a robe, CPR21.16 (iii A.D.):—more freq. Δελμ-, Edict.Diocl.19.9, al., BGU93.7 (ii/iii A.D.):—Dim.Δελματίκιον, τό, Sammelb.1988, POxy.1026.10 (V A.D.):—also δερματική, PTeb.405.10 (iii A.D.):—Dim. δερματίκιν, PTeb.413.8 (ii/iii A.D.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Δαλμᾰτεῖς: οἱ, οἱ κάτοικοι τῆς Δαλματίας, Πολύβ. 12. 5, 2, Στράβ. 315· ὡσαύτως Δαλμάται [ᾰ] Ἀππ. Ἰλλυρ. 11· ‒ Δαλματία, ἡ, Στράβ.· ἐπίθ., -τικός, ή, όν, ὅθεν.
