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
adj.
Ar. and P. τρυφερός, V. ἁβρός, εὐτράπεζος (Eur., Frag.). Costly: P. and V. τίμιος, P. πολυτελής, δαπανηρός. Rich: V. πλούσιος. Soft: Ar. and P. μαλακός, Ar. and V. μαλθακός.
