σφηκίον
τί δὲ βλέπεις τὸ κάρφος τὸ ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου, τὴν δὲ ἐν τῷ σῷ ὀφθαλμῷ δοκὸν οὐ κατανοεῖς → why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye | and why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye | why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye
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.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
σφηκίον: τό сотовая ячейка у ос Arst.
