μελίτταινα

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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: μελίτταινα Medium diacritics: μελίτταινα Low diacritics: μελίτταινα Capitals: ΜΕΛΙΤΤΑΙΝΑ
Transliteration A: melíttaina Transliteration B: melittaina Transliteration C: melittaina Beta Code: meli/ttaina

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A = μελισσοβότανον, Dsc.3.104:—also μελίττ-αιον, τό, Ps.- Dsc.ibid. Cf. μελίκταινα.