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σφηκώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σφηκώδης σφηκώδες

Structure: σφηκωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. wasp-like, pinched in at the waist like a wasp

Examples

  • παρὰ τῷ μὲν γὰρ ποδαγρῶντεσ καὶ γαστρώδεισ καὶ παχύκνημοι καὶ πίονέσ εἰσιν ἀσελγῶσ, παρ’ ἐμοὶ δ’ ἰσχνοὶ καὶ σφηκώδεισ καὶ τοῖσ ἐχθροῖσ ἀνιαροί. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Agon, epirrheme 1:18)
  • ἀπὸ τοῦ λιμοῦ γὰρ ἴσωσ αὐτοῖσ τὸ σφηκῶδεσ σὺ πορίζεισ. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Agon, epirrheme 1:19)

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

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