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|etymtx=-ηκός<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[wasp]] (Il.).<br />Other forms: Dor. (Theoc.) <b class="b3">-ακός</b> [[m]].<br />Derivatives: I. <b class="b3">σφηκ-ιά</b> f. [[wasp-nest]] (S., E., Ar., [[LXX]] a.o.; Scheller Oxytonierung 68). 2. <b class="b3">-ίον</b> n. [[comb in a wasp's nest]] (Arist., Thphr. a.o.); <b class="b3">ἐπι-σφήκ-ιον</b> n. meaning unknown (Delos IIIa). 3. <b class="b3">-ίσκος</b> m. <b class="b2">pointed wood, rafter etc.</b> (Ar., Arist., inscr. a.o.). 4. <b class="b3">-ίας</b> m. <b class="b2">id.</b> (Pherecr.), also name of a verse (Ps.-Plu.; cf. [[σφηκικός]], [[σφηκώδης]]). 5. <b class="b3">-ειον</b> n. [[wasp-like insect]] (Nic.). 6. <b class="b3">-εια</b> f. old name of the island Cyprus (Lyc., H.). 7. <b class="b3">-ικός</b> [[wasp-like]], name of a verse (Eust.), <b class="b3">-ώδης</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Ar. a.o.), also name of a verse (sch.). 8. <b class="b3">-ισμός εἶδος αὑλή-σεως</b>, <b class="b3">εἰρημένον ἀπὸ τῆς ἐμφερείας τῶν βομ</b><β>[[ῶν]] H. (: <b class="b3">*σφη-κίζω</b>). 9. <b class="b3">-ίωσις κηρία σφηκῶν</b> H. (: <b class="b3">σφηκ-ίον</b>, <b class="b3">*-ιόω</b>). 10. Unclear [[σφηκός]] = [[σφηκώδης]] (S. Fr. 29), σφήξ <b class="b3">λόφου τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ λόφου κτλ</b>. H.; [[σφήκη]] n. pl. meaning unknown (pap. IIIa). II. Usual denom. <b class="b3">-όομαι</b>, <b class="b3">-όω</b>, often w. prefix, e.g. <b class="b3">ἀπο-</b>, <b class="b3">δια-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>, [[to be contracted]], [[bound in the middle]], [[esp. to contract]], [[to bind]] (P52, Ar., hell. a. late epic, late prose) with <b class="b3">-ωμα</b> n. [[point of a helmet]] (S., Ar.), [[cord]], [[cable]] (pap. IIIa etc.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: On the formation cf. [[μύρμηξ]], [[σκώληξ]] (s. vv.). Unexplained. Tempting, but morpholog. difficult is the comparison with [[σφήν]] (Solmsen Wortforsch. 129 w. n. 1, Grošelj Živa Ant. 4, 176). Other proposal: to [[σφάκελος]] referring to the constricted body (Persson Beitr. 1, 396 n. 1 asking); to [[ψήν]] [[gall-insect]], [[ψῆν]] [[rub]] (Hofmann Et. Wb. with Specht Ursprung 45); on the supposed metathesis etc. Hiersche Ten. aspiratae 189 f. On the certainly wrong combination with Lat. [[vespa]] a. cogn. (since Pott) s. Curtius 382 a. Bq; thus Georgiev Word 3, 77 ff. Older attempts (w. lit.) in Bq. -- Furnée 393 compares [[ψήν]] and concludes that the word is Pre-Greek; the conclusion is certainly right.