φιλόδημος

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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: φῐλόδημος Medium diacritics: φιλόδημος Low diacritics: φιλόδημος Capitals: ΦΙΛΟΔΗΜΟΣ
Transliteration A: philódēmos Transliteration B: philodēmos Transliteration C: filodimos Beta Code: filo/dhmos

English (LSJ)

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   A friend of the commons, Ar.Nu.1187, Poll.4.34; φ. ἔργον a popular act, Ar.Eq.787 (anap.). Adv. -μως Poll.3.66.