σφήξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[[σφηκός]], Dor.σφάξ, [[σφᾱκός]] (<span class="bibl">Theoc.5.29</span>), ὁ (fem. only in <span class="title">An.Par.</span>1.168 and as f.l. in Antisth. ap. Stob.3.13.38):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[wasp]], σφῆκες μέσον αἰόλοι <span class="bibl">Il.12.167</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.92</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>864</span>, etc.; called [[εἰνόδιοι]], from their making their nests in the road, <span class="bibl">Il.16.259</span>; σφῆκες ἐκ γῆς <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Iamb.</span>1.98</span>; on the different species, v. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>627b23</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">554b22</span>: prov., μή πως ἐγείρῃς σ. τὸν κοιμώμενον <span class="title">AP</span>7.405 (Phil.), cf. <span class="bibl">408</span> (Leon.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> = [[σφηκίσκος]] ''ΙΙ'', <span class="bibl">Pherecr.238</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).156<span class="title">A</span>56, al. (Delos, iii B.C.).</span>