κεῦθος

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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: κεῦθος Medium diacritics: κεῦθος Low diacritics: κεύθος Capitals: ΚΕΥΘΟΣ
Transliteration A: keûthos Transliteration B: keuthos Transliteration C: keythos Beta Code: keu=qos

English (LSJ)

εος, τό,

   A = κευθμών, ὑπὸ κεύθεσι γαίης in the depths of the earth, Il.22.482, Od.24.204, Hes.Th.300, cf. Pi.N.10.56, A.Eu.1036 (lyr.): in sg., κ. [Ἀπίας χθονός] Id.Supp.778 (lyr.), cf. Epic. in Arch.Pap.7.7; κ. νεκύων S.Ant.818 (anap.); κ. οἴκων the innermost chambers, like μυχός, E.Alc.872 (lyr.); κεύθεα νηοῦ, = ἄδυτον, Musae.119; κ. πόντου Opp.H.4.607.