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A. wasp, σφῆκες μέσον αἰόλοι Il. 12.167, cf. Hdt. 2.92, Ar. Ach. 864, etc.; called εἰνόδιοι, 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.).