persibus

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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

Source

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

per-sĭbus: a, um, adj. sibus, callidus sive acutus, Fest. p. 336,
I very knowing, very acute, Plaut. and Naev. ap. Fest. p. 217 Müll.; cf. Naev. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 107 Müll.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

persĭbus, a, um, très fin, très spirituel : Næv. Com. 116 ; Varro L. 7, 107 ; Pl. d. Fest. 217.

Latin > German (Georges)

per-sibus, a, um (per u. sapio), sehr scharfsinnig, sehr schlau, Naev. com. 116. Plaut. bei Varro LL. 7, 107.

Latin > Chinese

*persibus, a, um. adj. :: 狡猾聰慧者