βασκάνιον

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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

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Full diacritics: βασκάνιον Medium diacritics: βασκάνιον Low diacritics: βασκάνιον Capitals: ΒΑΣΚΑΝΙΟΝ
Transliteration A: baskánion Transliteration B: baskanion Transliteration C: vaskanion Beta Code: baska/nion

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], τό,

   A charm, amulet, Ar.Fr.592, Str.16.4.17, cf. Phryn.68.    II in pl., malign influences, Ἀΐδεω β. Epigr.Gr.381 (Aezani).