σφηκόω

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.