ποτανός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ά, όν, [[winged]], [[flying]], [[ἐν ποτανοῖς]] = [[among]] [[fowl]]s, Pi.N.3.80; π. οἰωνοί E.Hel.1478 (lyr.); πέδιλα Id.El.460 (lyr.); π. εἴ σέ τις θεῶν κτίσαι Id.Supp.620 (lyr.), cf. 1142 (lyr.): [[proverb|prov.]] of [[vain]] [[pursuit]]s, διώκει παῖς ποτανὸν ὄρνιν A.Ag.394 (lyr.): metaph., ποτανὸς ἐν Μοίσαισι, i.e. [[soaring]] in the [[art]]s of the Muses, Pi.P.5.114; ποτανᾷ μαχανᾷ = by [[soaring]] [[art]], i.e. by [[poesy]], Id.N.7.22; ἐμᾷ ποτανὸς ἀμφὶ μαχανᾷ Id.P. 8.34; [[ποταναὶ]] ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ποτ' αἰναὶ]]) τευθίδες Epich.61.—Dor. for [[ποτηνός]], which occurs only in Poet. ap. Pl.Phdr.252b.