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
P. and V. μάγειρος, ὁ (Eur., Cyclops, also Ar.), Met., P. and V. φονεύς, ὁ, V. μιαιφόνος, ὁ or ἡ, σφαγεύς, ὁ.
P. and V. σφάζειν; see kill, murder.
