φορβειά: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, (φέρβω), written φορβεά <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>781.16</span> (iii B. C.), <span class="bibl">Sor.<span class="title">Fasc.</span>14</span>, al.; φορβέα cod. Hsch.; also φορβαία ([[quod vide|q.v.]]):— <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[halter by which a horse is tied to the manger]], τῆς ἐπιφατνιδίας φ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>5.1</span>; περιεζῶσθαι τὴν φ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1324b16</span>; οἱ ἵπποι ἀπὸ φορβειᾶς ἄγονται <span class="bibl">Str.15.1.52</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ φ. ἕλκειν [ὄνον</b>] <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Asin.</span>51</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[mouthband]] of leather [[put like a halter]] round the lips of fifers or pipers, to assist them in regulating the sound, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>582</span> (anap.), Plu.2.456b: hence <b class="b3">φυσᾷ . . φορβειᾶς ἄτερ</b> blows the pipes without this check, i. e. too loud, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>768</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> a [[bandage]], Heliod. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.48.39</span> tit., Sor.l.c., <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg.6.92</span>.</span>