Βλίττειν
to honey-harvest
Translated by Catharine Roth6 Nov 2000Vetting: high9 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to take the honey from the honeycombs.1 To attempt. And to stroke. And to squeeze out the bees' honeycombs. To squeeze. "But you are shutting him in and honey-harvesting him." So Aristophanes [writes].2