σφηκίον

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Ὁ μὲν βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς, ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερή, ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή → Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience misleading and judgment difficult

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Transliteration A: sphēkíon Transliteration B: sphēkion Transliteration C: sfikion Beta Code: sfhki/on

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.