hornet

From LSJ

τὸ ζῷον τοῦτο οὐ μονῆρες καὶ αὐθέκαστον, ἀλλὰ κοινωνικὸν καὶ πολιτικόν → this animal is not solitary and self-sufficient, but social and political

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

ἀνθρηδών, ἡ (Vespa crabro), Ar. ἀνθρήνη, ἡ.

wasp's nest: ἀνθρήνιον, τό. (Ar.V.1080, 1107)