tail
From LSJ
Τίς, ξένος ὦ ναυηγέ; Λεόντιχος ἐνθάδε νεκρὸν εὗρέ σ᾿ ἐπ᾿ αἰγιαλοῦ, χῶσε δὲ τῷδε τάφῳ, δακρύσας ἐπίκηρον ἑὸν βίον· οὐδὲ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἥσυχος, αἰθυίῃ δ᾿ ἶσα θαλασσοπορεῖ. → Who art thou, shipwrecked stranger? Leontichus found thee here dead on the beach, and buried thee in this tomb, weeping for his own uncertain life; for he also rests not, but travels over the sea like a gull.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
Ar. and P. κέρκος, ὁ, V. οὐρά, ἡ (Euripides, Rhesus 784), οὐραῖα, τά (Euripides, Ion, 1154).
wag the tail: see under wag.
put the tail between the legs: V. οὐρὰν ὑπίλλειν (Euripides, Fragment).
turn tail, Met.: P. and V. ὑποστρέφειν.
