σφηκόω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(σφήξ) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">make like a wasp</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">pinch in at the waist, bind tightly</b>, <span class="bibl">Phryn.Com.91</span>; σ. τὸ ὅλον σῶμα <span class="bibl">Hld.10.31</span>; χεῖρας <span class="title">APl.</span>4.195 (Satyr.); <b class="b3">ἀγγεῖον</b> [[close]] the vessel, Dsc.5.54; τοὺς κορακίνους <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>13.17</span>: aor. Med. σφηκώσατο <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>1.192</span>, <span class="bibl">15.147</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Pass., <b class="b3">πλοχμοί θ', οἳ χρυσῷ τε καὶ ἀργύρῳ ἐσφήκωντο</b> <b class="b2">were bound tightly</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.17.52</span>; <b class="b3">ἐσφήκωντο κορύμβαις</b> prob. in Antim. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMilan.</span>17.4</span>; κόμη ἐσφηκωμένη <span class="bibl">Poll.2.25</span>; <b class="b3">σφηκούμενος</b> <b class="b2">one binding up his hair</b>, <span class="bibl">Ph.2.479</span>; <b class="b3">δειρὴν ἐσφήκωται</b> <b class="b2">he is narrow</b> in the neck, <span class="bibl">Nic. <span class="title">Th.</span>289</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ δὲ τέτρατος</b> (sc. <b class="b3">κύκλος</b>) <b class="b3"> ἐσφήκωται λοξὸς ἐν ἀμφοτέροις</b> <b class="b2">is fixed</b>, <span class="bibl">Arat.526</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">441</span>; <b class="b3">θυρίδες εὖ καὶ καλῶς ἐσφηκωμέναι</b> <b class="b2">well-closed</b> window-shutters, <span class="bibl">Aristid. <span class="title">Or.</span>51(27).8</span> (<b class="b3">-σφην-</b> is prob. cj.); so <b class="b3">καλύμματ' ἐσφηκ</b>. <span class="bibl">Anacr.21.3</span>: metaph., coupled with <b class="b3">πλεκτόν</b> in <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Po.</span>2.45</span>.</span>