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σφηκιά

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σφηκιά

Structure: σφηκι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: sfh/c

Sense

  1. a wasps' nest

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σφηκιά σφηκιᾱ́ σφηκιαί
Genitive σφηκιᾶς σφηκιαῖν σφηκιῶν
Dative σφηκιᾷ σφηκιαῖν σφηκιαῖς
Accusative σφηκιᾱ́ν σφηκιᾱ́ σφηκιᾱ́ς
Vocative σφηκιᾱ́ σφηκιᾱ́ σφηκιαί

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

  • καὶ ἐξαπέστειλε προτέραν ὑμῶν τὴν σφηκιάν, καὶ ἐξαπέστειλεν αὐτοὺσ ἀπὸ προσώπου ὑμῶν, δώδεκα βασιλεῖσ τῶν Ἀμορραίων, οὐκ ἐν τῇ ρομφαίᾳ σου οὐδὲ ἐν τῷ τόξῳ σου. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 24:12)
  • ἐπεὶ ’θέλω ’γὼ σωφρόνωσ ὥσπερ κόρη καθῆσθαι, λυποῦσα μηδέν’ ἐνθαδί, κινοῦσα μηδὲ κάρφοσ, ἢν μή τισ ὥσπερ σφηκιὰν βλίττῃ με κἀρεθίζῃ. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Agon, prelude5)
  • ἐὰν ἐγὼ λίθουσ ἔχω, πολλῶν δικαστῶν σφηκιὰν διασκεδῶ. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Prologue 5:44)
  • εἰπέ μοι τί μέλλομεν κινεῖν ἐκείνην τὴν χολήν, ἥνπερ, ἡνίκ’ ἄν τισ ἡμῶν ὀργίσῃ τὴν σφηκιάν; (Aristophanes, Wasps, Choral, strophe1)
  • καὶ μὴν τάσ γε συνεχεῖσ καὶ πυκνὰσ καὶ κατὰ μικρὸν ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ συλλεγομένασ ὀργὰσ μάλιστα φιλαυτία καὶ δυσκολία μετὰ τρυφῆσ, καὶ μαλακίασ οἱο͂ν σμῆνοσ ἢ σφηκιὰν ἡμῖν ἐντίκτουσι. (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 131)

Synonyms

  1. a wasps' nest

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

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