βουκολώ

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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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Greek Monolingual

βουκολῶ (-έω) (AM) βουκόλος
Ι. βόσκω βόδια
αρχ.
1. φροντίζω, περιποιούμαι κάποιον
2. λατρεύω κάποιον (θεό)
3. καθησυχάζω, ξεγελώ
II. βουκολούμαι
1. (για ζώα) οδηγούμαι στη βοσκή, βόσκω
2. (για ουράνια σώματα) διαγράφω τροχιά στον ουρανό
3. εξαπατώ
4. φρ. «βουκολοῡμαι ἐλπίσιν» — ξεγελώ τον εαυτό μου με ελπίδες.