tail
From LSJ
καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
Ar. and P. κέρκος, ὁ, V. οὐρά, ἡ (Eur., Rhesus 784), οὐραῖα, τά (Eur., Ion, 1154).
wag the tail: see under wag.
put the tail between the legs: V. οὐρὰν ὑπίλλειν (Eur., Fragment).
turn tail, Met.: P. and V. ὑποστρέφειν.
