tail: Difference between revisions

From LSJ

Γήρως δὲ φαύλου τίς γένοιτ' ἂν ἐκτροπή; → Senectutis non habetur effugium malae → Wie könnte man dem schlimmen Alter wohl entflieh'n?

Menander, Monostichoi, 113
(CSV5)
m (Text replacement - "<b class="b2">Frag.</b>" to "''Frag.''")
Line 6: Line 6:
<b class="b2">Wag the tail</b>: see under [[wag]].
<b class="b2">Wag the tail</b>: see under [[wag]].


<b class="b2">Put the tail between the legs</b>: V. οὐρὰν ὑπίλλειν (Eur., <b class="b2">Frag.</b>).
<b class="b2">Put the tail between the legs</b>: V. οὐρὰν ὑπίλλειν (Eur., ''Frag.'').


<b class="b2">Turn tail</b>, Met.: P. and V. ὑποστρέφειν.
<b class="b2">Turn tail</b>, Met.: P. and V. ὑποστρέφειν.
}}
}}

Revision as of 11:01, 7 August 2017

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

woodhouse 852.jpg

subs.

Ar. and P. κέρκος, ὁ, V. οὐρά, ἡ (Eur., Rhes. 784), οὐραῖα, τά (Eur., Ion, 1154).

Wag the tail: see under wag.

Put the tail between the legs: V. οὐρὰν ὑπίλλειν (Eur., Frag.).

Turn tail, Met.: P. and V. ὑποστρέφειν.