- Greek-English Dictionary

Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σφηκιά?

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration: sphēkia

Principal Part: σφηκιά

Structure: σφηκι (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: σφήξ

Sense

  1. a wasps' nest

Declension

First 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

  • ἀλλ ὦ πόνηρε τὸ γένος ἤν τις ὀργίσῃ τὸ τῶν γερόντων, ἔσθ ὅμοιον σφηκιᾷ. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Prologue 5:41)
  • ἔσονται , οὕτως οἱ φίλων ζητοῦντες ἑσμὸν ἔλαθον ἐχθρῶν σφηκιαῖς περιπεσόντες. (Plutarch, De amicorum multitudine, chapter, section 7 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. a wasps' nest

Related

명사

형용사

동사

감탄사

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION