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σφηκόω
σφηκ-όω,(σφήξ)
A). 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. 4.195 ( 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 θ’, 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 καλύμματ’ ἐσφηκ. Anacr. 21.3 : metaph., coupled with πλεκτόν in Phld. Po. 2.45 .


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to make like a wasp

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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">σφηκ-όω</span>,(<span class="etym greek">σφήξ</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">make like a wasp</span>, i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pinch in at the waist, bind tightly</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0496.tlg001:91" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0496.tlg001:91/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phryn.Com.</span> 91 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ς. τὸ ὅλον σῶμα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0658.tlg001:10:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0658.tlg001:10.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hld.</span> 10.31 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χεῖρας</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">APl.</span> 4.195 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Satyr.</span></span>); <span class="foreign greek">ἀγγεῖον</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">close</span> the vessel, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 5.54 </span>; <span class="quote greek">τοὺς κορακίνους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:13:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:13.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">NA</span> 13.17 </a> : aor. Med. <span class="quote greek">σφηκώσατο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:192" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.192/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nonn.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">D.</span> 1.192 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:147" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15.147/canonical-url/"> 15.147 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> Pass., <span class="foreign greek">πλοχμοί θ’, οἳ χρυσῷ τε καὶ ἀργύρῳ ἐσφήκωντο</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">were bound tightly</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.52/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 17.52 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐσφήκωντο κορύμβαις</span> prob. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antim.</span> </span> in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PMilan.</span> 17.4 </span>; <span class="quote greek">κόμη ἐσφηκωμένη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:2:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:2.25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 2.25 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">σφηκούμενος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">one binding up his hair</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:2:479" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:2.479/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span> 2.479 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">δειρὴν ἐσφήκωται</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">he is narrow</span> in the neck, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg001:289" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg001:289/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 289 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ δὲ τέτρατος</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">κύκλος</span>)<span class="foreign greek"> ἐσφήκωται λοξὸς ἐν ἀμφοτέροις</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">is fixed</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:526" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:526/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arat.</span> 526 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:441" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:441/canonical-url/"> 441 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">θυρίδες εὖ καὶ καλῶς ἐσφηκωμέναι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">well-closed</span> window-shutters, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0284.tlg001.perseus-grc1:51(27).8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0284.tlg001.perseus-grc1:51(27).8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aristid.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 51(27).8 </a> (<span class="foreign greek">-σφην-</span> is prob. cj.); so <span class="foreign greek">καλύμματ’ ἐσφηκ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0237.tlg001:21:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0237.tlg001:21.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anacr.</span> 21.3 </a>: metaph., coupled with <span class="foreign greek">πλεκτόν</span> in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg290:2:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg290:2.45/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Po.</span> 2.45 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}