πρόβατον: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=πρόβᾰτον, ου, τό, [[προβαίνω]]<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[mostly]] in plural πρόβατα, [[properly]], [[anything]] that walks [[forward]]; in Hom. [[generally]] of [[cattle]], flocks and herds; in Hdt. and Pind. also of horses; τὰ λεπτὰ τῶν προβάτων [[small]] [[cattle]], i. e. [[sheep]] and goats, Hdt.; but in [[attic]] [[always]] of [[sheep]], Ar., Thuc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[proverb]]. of [[stupid]], [[lazy]] [[people]], πρόβατ' [[ἄλλως]] a set of [[sheep]], Ar.; so, προβατίου [[βίος]], i. e. a [[lazy]] do-[[nothing]] [[life]], Ar.