"σφηκισμός" meaning in Ancient Greek

See σφηκισμός in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sɸi.cizˈmos/, /sfi.cizˈmos/, /sɸi.cizˈmos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /sfi.cizˈmos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /sfi.cizˈmos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Only attested as a gloss in Hesychius. From σφήξ (sphḗx, “wasp”) + -ισμός (-ismós, “suffix forming abstract nouns”), as if from a verb σφηκίζω (sphēkízō, “to buzz like a wasp”). Etymology templates: {{affix|grc|σφήξ|-ισμός|t1=wasp|t2=suffix forming abstract nouns}} σφήξ (sphḗx, “wasp”) + -ισμός (-ismós, “suffix forming abstract nouns”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|σφηκισμός|σφηκισμοῦ|m|second}} σφηκισμός • (sphēkismós) m (genitive σφηκισμοῦ); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|σφηκισμός|σφηκισμοῦ|form=Σ}} Forms: sphēkismós [romanization], σφηκισμοῦ [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ σφηκισμός [nominative, singular], τὼ σφηκισμώ [dual, nominative], οἱ σφηκισμοί [nominative, plural], τοῦ σφηκισμοῦ [genitive, singular], τοῖν σφηκισμοῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν σφηκισμῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ σφηκισμῷ [dative, singular], τοῖν σφηκισμοῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς σφηκισμοῖς [dative, plural], τὸν σφηκισμόν [accusative, singular], τὼ σφηκισμώ [accusative, dual], τοὺς σφηκισμούς [accusative, plural], σφηκισμέ [singular, vocative], σφηκισμώ [dual, vocative], σφηκισμοί [plural, vocative]
  1. (music, hapax) a form of playing the aulos with a buzzing timbre Wikipedia link: Hesychius of Alexandria Categories (topical): Music
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