σφηκόω

σφηκ-όω, (σφήξ)

• make like a wasp, i.e. pinch in at the waist, bind tightly, Phryn.Com. 91; σ. τὸ ὅλον σῶμα Hld. 10.31; χεῖρας APl. 16.195 (Satyr.); ἀγγεῖον close the vessel, Dsc. 5.54; τοὺς κορακίνους Ael. NA 13.17: aor. Med. σφηκώσατο Nonn. D. 1.192, 15.147.
• • II Pass., πλοχμοί θʼ, οἳ χρυσῷ τε καὶ ἀργύρῳ ἐσφήκωντο were bound tightly, Il. 17.52; ἐσφήκωντο κορύμβαις prob. in Antim. in PMilan. 17.4; κόμη ἐσφηκωμένη Poll. 2.25; σφηκούμενος one binding up his hair, Ph. 2.479; δειρὴν ἐσφήκωται he is narrow in the neck, Nic. Th. 289; ὁ δὲ τέτρατος (sc. κύκλος) ἐσφήκωται λοξὸς ἐν ἀμφοτέροις is fixed, Arat. 526, cf. 441; θυρίδες εὖ καὶ καλῶς ἐσφηκωμέναι well-closed window-shutters, Aristid. Or. 51(27).8 (-σφην- is prob. cj.); so καλύμματʼ ἐσφηκ. Anacr. 21.3: metaph., coupled with πλεκτόν in Phld. Po. 2.45.

σφηκόω, eng, fest zusammenschnüren, -ziehen, nach der Gestalt der Wespen, die in der Mitte des Leibes wie zusammengeschnürt aussehen ; übh. fest-, zusammenbinden, πλοχμοί θʼ οἳ χρυσῷ τε καὶ ἀργύρῳ ἐσφήκωντο, Il. 17.52, die Haarflechten waren mit Gold u. Silber zusammengefaßt ; καλύμματα ἐσφηκωμένα, Anacr. 66.1 ; δειρὴν ἐσφήκωται, er ist am Halse eng, hat einen engen Hals, Nic. Ther. 289 ; festmachen, zumachen, αἱ θυρίδες εὖ καὶ καλῶς ἐσφηκωμέναι ἔνδοθεν καὶ ἔξωθεν, Aristid.

†σφηκόω

[σφήξ.]

3 pl. plupf. pass. ἐσφήκωντο.

To make slender like a wasp’s waist: πλοχμοί, οἳ χρυσῷ τε καὶ ἀργύρῳ ἐσφήκωντο Il. 17.52 (i.e. were pinched in with spirals of gold and silver).

σφηκόω (σφήξ), pass. plup. ἐσφήκωντο: compress in a wasp-like shape, bind together, Il. 17.52†.

σφηκόω, fut. -ώσω σφήξ

• • Ito make like a wasp, i. e. to pinch in at the waist: generally, to bind tightly, Anth.
  • IIPass., πλοχμοί, οἳ χρυσῷ τε καὶ ἀργύρῳ ἐσφήκωντο (3rd pl. plup.) braids of hair, which were bound tightly with gold and silver, Il.