δολιχόουρος

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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: δολῐχόουρος Medium diacritics: δολιχόουρος Low diacritics: δολιχόουρος Capitals: ΔΟΛΙΧΟΟΥΡΟΣ
Transliteration A: dolichóouros Transliteration B: dolichoouros Transliteration C: dolichoouros Beta Code: dolixo/ouros

English (LSJ)

or δολίχ-ουρος, ον,

   A long-tailed: metaph. of verses with a syll. redundant (as Od.5.231), Sch.Heph.p.290C., Eust.12.33.