σφηκόω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(σφήξ) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[make like a wasp]], i.e. [[pinch in at the waist]], [[bind tightly]], <span class="bibl">Phryn.Com.91</span>; σ. τὸ ὅλον σῶμα <span class="bibl">Hld.10.31</span>; χεῖρας <span class="title">APl.</span>4.195 (Satyr.); [[ἀγγεῖον]] [[close]] the vessel, Dsc.5.54; τοὺς κορακίνους <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>13.17</span>: aor. Med. σφηκώσατο <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>1.192</span>, <span class="bibl">15.147</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Pass., <b class="b3">πλοχμοί θ', οἳ χρυσῷ τε καὶ ἀργύρῳ ἐσφήκωντο</b> [[were bound tightly]], <span class="bibl">Il.17.52</span>; <b class="b3">ἐσφήκωντο κορύμβαις</b> prob. in Antim. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMilan.</span>17.4</span>; κόμη ἐσφηκωμένη <span class="bibl">Poll.2.25</span>; [[σφηκούμενος]] [[one binding up his hair]], <span class="bibl">Ph.2.479</span>; <b class="b3">δειρὴν ἐσφήκωται</b> [[he is narrow]] in the neck, <span class="bibl">Nic. <span class="title">Th.</span>289</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ δὲ τέτρατος</b> (sc. [[κύκλος]]) <b class="b3"> ἐσφήκωται λοξὸς ἐν ἀμφοτέροις</b> [[is fixed]], <span class="bibl">Arat.526</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">441</span>; <b class="b3">θυρίδες εὖ καὶ καλῶς ἐσφηκωμέναι</b> [[well-closed]] window-shutters, <span class="bibl">Aristid. <span class="title">Or.</span>51(27).8</span> (<b class="b3">-σφην-</b> is prob. cj.); so <b class="b3">καλύμματ' ἐσφηκ</b>. <span class="bibl">Anacr.21.3</span>: metaph., coupled with [[πλεκτόν]] in <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Po.</span>2.45</span>.</span>