waxen
From LSJ
τὸ λακωνίζειν πολὺ μᾶλλόν ἐστιν φιλοσοφεῖν ἢ φιλογυμναστεῖν → to behave like a Lacedaemonian is much more to love wisdom than to love gymnastics (Plato, Protagoras 342e6)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
the waxen comb of the brown bee: V. ξουθῆς μελίσσης κηρόπλαστον ὄργανον (Soph., Fragment).