σφήξ: Difference between revisions

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