ὀρεύς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[οὐρεύς]], έως, ὁ (even <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ὁ θῆλυς ὀ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>577b22</span>, though <b class="b3">τῆς θηλείας</b> follows <b class="b3">τοῖς θήλεσιν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">573a16</span>), [[mule]], in Il., as a beast of draught and burden, always in Ion. form, synon. with [[ἡμίονος]], cf. <span class="bibl">23.115</span> with <span class="bibl">121</span>, and <span class="bibl">24.702</span> with <span class="bibl">716</span> ; also in <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>290</span>, etc. ; [[νικᾶν τοῖς ὀρεῦσι]] = [[win]] the [[mule]]-[[race]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1405b25</span>.—In Att. [[ἡμίονος]] is the usual word, though the Adj. [[ὀρικός]] is preferred to [[ἡμιονικός]] by Moer.<span class="bibl">p.273</span> P. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> poet. Adj. for [[ὀρεινός]], Lyc.1111.</span>