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 closethe 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 κορύμβαιςprob. in Antim. in PMilan. 17.4 ; κόμη ἐσφηκωμένη
Poll. 2.25
;σφηκούμενος one binding up his hair, Ph. 2.479 ;δειρὴν ἐσφήκωται he is narrowin 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-closedwindow-shutters, Aristid. Or. 51(27).8 (-σφην-is prob. cj.); soκαλύμματ' ἐσφηκ. Anacr. 21.3 : metaph., coupled withπλεκτόνin Phld. Po. 2.45 .