δέλλιθες
From LSJ
Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: σφῆκες, η ζῳ̃ον ὅμοιον μελίσσῃ H., Hdn. Gr. 1, 89.
Derivatives: δελλίθια ἀνθρήνια. οἱ δε κηρία H. (ἀνθρήνια wasps nests?)
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Seems formed like ὄρνι-θες. I see no reason to connect βελόνη (s. v.). The geminate λλ could continue a phoneme ly, so the word would be Pre-Greek. Forms from Lower Italy in Rohlfs WB 520.
