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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

το (ΑΜ ἱερόν, Α ιων. τ. ἱρόν)
βλ. ιερός.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Ουσιαστικοποιημένο ουδ. του επιθ. ιερός, το οποίο μετά τον Όμηρο στην Ιωνική - Αττική δήλωνε τον ιερό τόπο, το άδυτο (βλ. και λ. ιερά)].