σφήξ

σφήξ, σφηκός, Dor. σφάξ, σφᾱκός (Theoc. 5.29), ὁ (fem. only in An.Par. 1.168 and as f.l. in Antisth. ap. Stob. 3.13.38):—

• wasp, σφῆκες μέσον αἰόλοι Il. 12.167, cf. Hdt. 2.92, Ar. Ach. 864, etc.; called εἰνόδιοι, from their making their nests in the road, Il. 16.259; σφῆκες ἐκ γῆς Call. Iamb. 1.98; on the different species, v. Arist. HA 627b23, cf. 554b22: prov., μή πως ἐγείρῃς σ. τὸν κοιμώμενον AP 7.405 (Phil.), cf. 408 (Leon.).
• • II = σφηκίσκος II, Pherecr. 238, IG ΙΙ(2).156A 56, al. (Delos, iii B.C.).

σφήξ, σφηκός, ὁ, die Wespe, vespa ; Il. 12.167, 16.259, Her. 2.92. usf.; Ar. Ach. 829 u. öfter ; Plat. Phaed. 82b ; Arist. H.A. 9.41 u. A. ; bei Nic. arithm. 2.16 ὄγκος ὁ τῶν σφηκῶν u. ἡ τοῦ σφηκὸς ἐντομή.

σφήξ

σφηκός, ὁ.

A wasp Il. 12.167, Il. 16.259.

σφήξ , σφηκός (cf. vespa): wasp or hornet, Il. 12.167 and Il. 16.259.

σφήξ, σφηκός, Doric σφάξ, σφᾱκός, οῦ, ὁ,

• a wasp, Lat. vespa, Il., Hdt., Attic