πιμπλέω

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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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Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πιμπλέω: τῷ ἑπομ.· Ἰων. θηλ. μετοχ. ἐνεστ. πιμπλεῦσαι ἀντὶ πιμπλοῦσαι, Ἡσ. Θ. 880 (μετὰ διαφ. γραφ. πιμπλᾶσαι).