προβοσκίς

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εἷς οἰωνὸς ἄριστος, ἀμύνεσθαι περὶ πάτρης → the best goal is defending your country

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Transliteration A: proboskís Transliteration B: proboskis Transliteration C: provoskis Beta Code: proboski/s

English (LSJ)

ίδος, ἡ,

   A means of providing food:    I elephant's trunk, Arist.PA659a15, Phylarch. 36J., Plb.3.46.12, Agatharch.71, Str.15.1.43.    b fly's proboscis, Arist.HA528b29.    II pl., tentacles of the decapod cephalopoda, ib.523b30, PA685a33.

German (Pape)

[Seite 712] ίδος, ἡ, der Rüssel, bes. des Elephanten, Arist. u. Folgende, wie Pol. 3, 46, 12. – Auch die längeren Fänger des Tintenfisches, Arist. part. anim. 4, 9 H. A. 4, 1.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ίδος (ἡ) :
trompe d’éléphant.
Étymologie: πρό, βόσκω.