Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σφᾱ́ξ ‎(sphā́x) Doric

Noun

σφήξ • ‎(sphḗx) m ‎(genitive σφηκός); third declension

1. wasp

Inflection

Descendants

• Greek: σφήκα ‎(sfíka)
• Translingual (genus name): Sphex
• English: sphex

References

• σφήξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «σφήξ» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «σφήξ» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • wasp idem, page 964.
• Edward Ross Wharton (1890) Etyma Graeca: an etymological lexicon of classical Greek, New York: Rivingtons