cyphonism

Etymology
, from, from +.

appears only in the on Aristophanes’ ', where it is simply glossed as the punishment involving the kuphōn, and in the Byzantine ', which states that it refers to a “bad and ruinous” punishment. The Suda additionally transmits a fragment of describing a punishment in which one bound to a kuphōn or pillory would be doused in milk and honey and exposed to insects for 20 days. Beginning with the Renaissance humanist, “cyphonism” was generally taken to refer to this punishment in particular.

Noun

 * 1)  An ancient punishment in which the criminal was smeared with honey and exposed to insects.
 * 2)  An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.
 * 1)  An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.
 * 1)  An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.
 * 1)  An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.