σφηκίον
From LSJ
ὡς αἰεὶ τὸν ὁμοῖον ἄγει θεὸς ὡς τὸν ὁμοῖον → how God ever brings like men together | birds of a feather flock together | how the god always leads like to like | as ever, god brings like and like together | as always the god brings like to like
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 («τοῡ μετοπώρου τελευτῶντος πλεῑστα καὶ μέγιστα γίνεσθαι σφηκία», Αριστοτ.)
2. υποκορ. του σφήξ.
