Messene
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)
Μεσσήνη, ἡ.
Messenian, adj.: Μεσσήνιος.
Messenia: Μεσσηνία, ἡ, Μεσσηνίς (-ίδος) γῆ, ἡ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Messēnē: ēs, or Messēna (Messāna), ae, f., = Μεσσήνη,
I the capital of Messenia, in the Peloponnesus, on the river Pamisos, now Maura-Matia, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 5, 7, § 15; Nep. Ep. 8; id. Pel. 4; Liv. 36, 31, 1; 32, 21, 23; Ov. M. 6, 417; cf. Messana, II.—Hence, Messēnĭus (Messā-nĭus), a, um, adj., = Μεσσήνιος, Messeni an: Messenia arva (al. Messania), Ov. M. 2, 679.—
II Subst.
A Messēnia, ae, f., the country around Messene, Plin. 4, 5, 7, § 15.—
B Messēnĭi, ōrum, m., the Messenians, Liv. 36, 31.
