βάξις
ὑπὸ δὲ τῆς φιλαυτίας παρηγμένοι ἄλογα φασὶν τὰ ζῷα ἐφεξῆς τὰ ἄλλα σύμπαντα → it is self-love which leads them to say that all the other animals without exception are non-rational
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, (βάζω) poet. Noun,
A saying, esp. an oracular saying, inspired utterance, κλύειν εὐηκέα β. Emp.112.11; ἐναργὴς β. ἦλθεν Ἰνάχῳ A.Pr.663; θεσφάτων β. S.Tr.87. 2 report, rumour, μιν . . β. ἔχει χαλεπή Mimn.15; β. ἀργαλέη Id.16; θεῶν ἐποπίζεο μῆνιν βάξιν τ' ἀνθρώπων Thgn.1298; β. ἀλγεινήν, β. καλὴν λαβεῖν, S.Aj.494, El. 1006; σπείρειν ματαίαν β. ἐς πᾶσαν πόλιν ib.642, cf. 638; διὰ δὲ πόλεας ἔρχεται β. E.Hel.224 (lyr.); ὀξεῖα γάρ σου β. . . διῆλθ' Ἀχαιούς a report concerning thee, S.Aj.998; ἁλώσιμος β. tidings of the capture, A.Ag.10; θανόντος β. ἀνδρός E.Hel.351 (lyr.); so τήν τ' ἀμφὶ Θησέως β. Id.Supp.642. II voice, Epigr.Gr.989.2.
German (Pape)
[Seite 431] ἡ (βάζω), die Rede, Tragg.; die Sage, das Gerücht, Aesch. Ag. 464; Soph. O. R. 519; u. sonst bei Dichtern; der Ausspruch, bes. des Orakels, Aesch. Prom. 666; Soph. Tr. 87; Ap. Rh. 1, 8.
