revel
From LSJ
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 > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
P. and V. εὐωχεῖσθαι (Eur., Cyclops), κωμάζειν.
indulge in Bacchic revels: P. and V. βακχεύειν (Plato), βακχιάζειν; see riot.
substantive
See revelry.
master of the revels: P. ἄρχων τῆς πόσεως (Plato).
join the revels, v.: P. and V. συμβακχεύειν (Plato).
