πρόβατον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, freq. in plural [[πρόβατα]] (but also in sg., Cratin.43, Pl. ''Euthd.''302a, etc.); heterocl. dat. [[πρόβασι]] Hdn.Gr.1.414, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]:—used (among the Ionians and Dorians) of all four-footed<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[cattle]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 2.41, etc.; πάντων τῶν π. βόες μάλιστα ἀτονέουσι Hp.''Art.''8; τὰ ἄλλα π. καὶ ἵππους μάλιστα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.61, cf. Pi.''Fr.''316, ''IG''12(1).677.31 (Rhodes, iv/iii B.C.); of Europa's bull, Simon.28: in Hom. generally of [[cattle]], [[flocks]] and [[herds]], Il.14.124, 23.550, ''h.Merc.''571, cf. ''IG''12(7).62.35 (Amorgos, iv B.C.); τὰ π. καὶ καρταίποδα ''Leg.Gort.''4.35; opp. [[ἄνθρωποι]], Hes.''Op.''558, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.203; <b class="b3">τὰ λεπτὰ τῶν προβάτων</b> [[small]] [[cattle]], i.e. [[sheep]] and [[goat]]s, ib.133, 8.137; τὸ μὲν μέζον π.... τὸ δὲ μεῖον ''IG''5 (2).3.14 (Tegea, iv B.C.); so later, π. ἀπὸ τῶν ἀρνῶν καὶ τῶν ἐρίφων λήψεσθε [[LXX]] ''Ex.''12.5: but in Att. Prose and Com. (never in Trag.) almost invariably of [[sheep]], Ar.''Av.''714, Th.2.14, ''IG''22.1672.289, etc.; ὥσπερ π. βῆ βῆ λέγων βαδίζει Cratin.43; so in later Boeot., ''IG''7.3171.39,44 (Orchom. Boeot.): generally, [[animals for slaughter]], whether for [[sacrifice]]s, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.56; or for [[food]], Id.1.207; cf. Antipho 5.29.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[proverb|prov.]] of [[stupid]], [[lazy]] [[people]], [[ἀριθμός]], πρόβατ' ἄλλως Ar.''Nu.''1203, cf. ''V.''32: Com. Comp., <b class="b3">προβάτου προβάτερον</b> [[more]] [[sheepish]] than a [[sheep]], dub. cj. in Sophr.122; [[χρυσοῦν πρόβατον]] = Lat. [[pecus aurea]], as nickname, D.C.59.8: in other provs., τοὺς γευομένους κύνας τῶν προβάτων [[κατακόπτειν]] φασὶ [[δεῖν]] D.25.40; [[λέων]] ἐν προβάτοις Plu.''Cleom.''33, cf. Plb.5.35.13.<br><span class="bld">II</span> name of a [[sea]]-[[fish]], Opp.''H.''1.146, 3.139, Ael.''NA''9.38. (Orig. of small [[cattle]], [[sheep]] and [[goat]]s, which in [[primitive]] [[mixed]] [[herd]]s [[walk]] in [[front]] ([[προβαίνω|προβαίνει]]) of the larger animals.)