σφηκίον

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ἐκ Χάεος δ' Ἔρεβός τε μέλαινά τε Νὺξ ἐγένοντο... (Hesiod's Theogony 123) → From Chasm, Erebos and black Night came to be...

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Transliteration A: sphēkíon Transliteration B: sphēkion Transliteration C: sfikion Beta Code: sfhki/on

English (LSJ)

τό,

   A comb in a wasps' nest, as κηρίον in that of bees, Arist.HA628a17, al., Thphr.HP 4.8.7, Ael.NA4.39.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σφηκίον: τό, κυψελίδιον ἐν τῇ φωλεᾷ σφηκῶν, ὡς τὸ κηρίον ἐν τῇ τῶν μελισσῶν, Ἀριστ. περὶ τὰ Ζ. Ἱστορ. 9. 41, 6, κ. ἀλλ., Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 4. 8, 7, Αἰλ. π. Ζ. 4. 39. ΙΙ. ὑποκορ. τοῦ σφήξ, Ἐπιφάν. τ. 1, σ. 387Β.

Greek Monolingual

τὸ, Α σφήξ, -ηκός]
1. κυψελίδιο στη φωλιά σφηκών («τοῡ μετοπώρου τελευτῶντος πλεῑστα καὶ μέγιστα γίνεσθαι σφηκία», Αριστοτ.)
2. υποκορ. του σφήξ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

σφηκίον: τό сотовая ячейка у ос Arst.