σφήξ,σφηκός, Dor.
σφάξ,σφᾱκός( Theoc. 5.29 ),ὁ(fem. only in An.Par. 1.168 and asf.l. in
Antisth. ap. Stob. 3.13.38 ):—
A. wasp, σφῆκες μέσον αἰόλοι
Il. 12.167
, cf. Hdt. 2.92 , Ar. Ach. 864 , etc.; calledεἰνόδιοι, 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
11 , Pherecr. 238 , IG 11(2).156
A 56 , al. (Delos,iii B.C.).