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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

  • ἀμύνεται μέντοι οὐ κατὰ τοὐρροπύγιον ὡσ σφὴξ καὶ μέλιττα, ἀλλὰ τῷ στόματι καὶ τῇ προβοσκίδι, ἣν κατὰ τὰ αὐτὰ τοῖσ ἐλέφασι καὶ αὐτὴ ἔχουσα προνομεύει τε καὶ ἐπιλαμβάνεται καὶ προσφῦσα κατέχει κοτυληδόνι κατὰ τὸ ἄκρον ἐοικυῖαν. (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 3:4)
  • εἰ γενναίωσ πάσχει, καὶ προσκερδαίνων καὶ προσωφελούμενοσ ἀπέρχεται, ἐκεῖνοσ δὲ βλαπτόμενόσ ἐστιν ὁ τὰ οἰκτρότατα πάσχων καὶ αἴσχιστα, ὁ ἀντὶ ἀνθρώπου λύκοσ γινόμενοσ ἢ ἔχισ ἢ σφήξ; (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 127:3)

Synonyms

  1. wasp

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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