ἀνταναμένω
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)
A wait instead of taking active measures, c. inf., Th.3.12.
German (Pape)
[Seite 244] dagegen erwarten, Thuc. 3, 12.