flattery

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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

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

P. and V. θωπεία, ἡ, θωπεύματα, τά (Plato, Republic 590C), P. κολακεία, ἡ.