"σφήκα" meaning in Greek

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Noun

Etymology: From Ancient Greek σφήξ (sphḗx). Etymology templates: {{uder|el|grc|σφήξ}} Ancient Greek σφήξ (sphḗx) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|σφήκες|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} σφήκα • (sfíka) f (plural σφήκες), {{el-noun|f|σφήκες}} σφήκα • (sfíka) f (plural σφήκες) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|σφήκα|σφήκες|σφήκας|σφηκών|σφήκα|σφήκες|σφήκα|σφήκες|note=}} Forms: sfíka [romanization], σφήκες [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], σφήκα [nominative, singular], σφήκες [nominative, plural], σφήκας [genitive, singular], σφηκών [genitive, plural], σφήκα [accusative, singular], σφήκες [accusative, plural], σφήκα [singular, vocative], σφήκες [plural, vocative], σφήγκα [alternative]
  1. (insect) wasp, hornet
    Sense id: en-σφήκα-el-noun-H~Z3WVWe Categories (other): Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία', Greek undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία': 50 50 Disambiguation of Greek undefined derivations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50
  2. (colloquial) a wicked, spiteful person Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-σφήκα-el-noun-BGfC9fGz Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία', Greek undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Vespids Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία': 50 50 Disambiguation of Greek undefined derivations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 58 Disambiguation of Vespids: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0
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