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σφήξ

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σφήξ σφηκός

Structure: σφηκ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. wasp

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὁρῶ ποικίλην τινὰ τὴν διατριβὴν καὶ μεστὸν ταραχῆσ τὸν βίον καὶ τὰσ πόλεισ γε αὐτῶν ἐοικυίασ τοῖσ σμήνεσιν, ἐν οἷσ ἅπασ μὲν ἴδιόν τι κέντρον ἔχει καὶ τὸν πλησίον κεντεῖ, ὀλίγοι δέ τινεσ ὥσπερ σφῆκεσ ἄγουσι καὶ φέρουσι τὸ ὑποδεέστερον. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 15:3)
  • ἡ δὲ πτῆσισ οὔτε κατὰ τὰσ νυκτερίδασ εἰρεσίᾳ συνεχεῖ τῶν πτερῶν οὔτε κατὰ τὰσ ἀκρίδασ μετὰ πηδήματοσ οὔτε ὡσ οἱ σφῆκεσ μετὰ ῥοιζήματοσ, ἀλλ’ εὐκαμπὴσ πρὸσ ὅ τι ἂν μέροσ ὁρμήσῃ τοῦ ἀέροσ· (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 2:1)
  • ἀθρόοι γοῦν, ὡσ ὁρᾷσ, προσίασι θορυβοῦντεσ, ὥσπερ οἱ σφῆκεσ περιβομβοῦντεσ τὴν ἄκραν. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 13:3)
  • οἱ σφῆκεσ οὐκ ἀπὸ τῶν θυρῶν; (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Episode5)
  • εἰᾶ́ νυν ὦ ξυνδικασταὶ σφῆκεσ ὀξυκάρδιοι, οἱ μὲν ἐσ τὸν πρωκτὸν αὐτῶν ἐσπέτεσθ’ ὠργισμένοι, οἱ δὲ τὠφθαλμὼ κύκλῳ κεντεῖτε καὶ τοὺσ δακτύλουσ. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Choral, trochees 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. wasp

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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