ἠθολογέω
From LSJ
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
English (LSJ)
express characteristically, γονέων πάθη LXX 4 Ma.15.4:—Pass., κωμῳδία -ουμένη comedy of manners, Longin.9.15.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1156] Sitten od. Charaktere darstellen, bes. von der Komödie, um Lachen zu erregen, Longin. de sublim. 9.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἠθολογέω: μιμοῦμαι τὸν χαρακτῆρα, τὰ ἤθη τινός, Λογγῖν. 9 ἐν τέλει.