ὠτώεις
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)
εσσα, εν, poet. Adj. A with ears or handles, τρίπους Il.23.264,513, Hes.Op.657. (The older form οὐατόεις [q. v.] may originally have stood here, but has left no trace in codd.)
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὠτώεις: εσσα, εν, ποιητ. ἐπίθ., ὁ ἔχων ὦτα ἢ λαβάς, τρίπους Ἰλ. Ψ. 264, 513, Ἡσ. Ἔργ. κ. Ἡμ. 655.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ώεσσα, ῶεν;
garni d’anses.
Étymologie: οὖς.
English (Autenrieth)
εσσα, εν (οὖς): with ears or handles, Il. 23.264 and 513.
Greek Monolingual
-εσσα, -εν, Α
(ποιητ. τ.) αυτός που έχει λαβές, χερούλια.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < οὖς, ὠτός «αφτί», επικ. τ. του οὐατόεις].
Greek Monotonic
ὠτώεις: -εσσα, -εν (οὖς, ὠτός), ποιητ. επίθ., αυτός που έχει αυτιά ή λαβές, σε Ομήρ. Ιλ., Ησίοδ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ὠτώεις: ώεσσα, ῶεν οὖς снабженный ушками или ручками (τρίπους Hom., Hes.).
Middle Liddell
ὠτώεις, εσσα, εν [οὖς, ὠτός
poet. adj. with ears or handles, Il., Hes.
