sting
Πρὸς υἱὸν ὀργὴν οὐκ ἔχει χρηστὸς πατήρ → Boni parentis ira nulla in filium → Ein guter Vater zürnt nicht gegen seinen Sohn
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. κεντεῖν, V. χρίειν. Plato, P. and V. δάκνειν, πλήσσω, πλήττω; see vex, anger.
stung by a scorpion: σκορπιόδηκτος, πληγεῖσα ὑπὸ σκορπίου (Sammelb. 1267.6)
stung by a venomous spider: φαλαγγιόπληκτος
stung by a serpent: θηρόδηκτος
stung by a gadfly: οἰστροπλήξ, μυωπισθείς
be stung by a gadfly: μυωπίζομαι
things that sting the heart: V. καρδίας δηκτήρια (Euripides, Hecuba 235).
substantive
Lit., that which stings: P. and V. κέντρον, τό, Ar. ἐγκεντρίς, ἡ.
wound produced by sting: Ar. and P. δῆγμα, V. θάλπος, τό, χάραγμα, τό (of a serpent's sting).
Met., P. and V. οἶστρος, ὁ (Plato), κέντρον, τό.
bitterness: P. and V. πικρότης, ἡ.
furnished with a sting: P. κεκεντρωμένος (Plato).
without a sting (of drones): P. ἄκεντρος (Plato).
