φρύνη
From LSJ
τοῖς πράγμασιν γὰρ οὐχὶ θυμοῦσθαι χρεών· μέλει γὰρ αὐτοῖς οὐδέν· ἀλλ' οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ' ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ, πράξει καλῶς → It does no good to rage at circumstance; events will take their course with no regard for us. But he who makes the best of those events he lights upon will not fare ill.
English (LSJ)
[ῡ], ἡ,
A toad, Arist.HA530b34, Timae.156, Ael.NA17.12. II = βατράχιον 2, Cyran.39. III nickname of several Athenian courtesans, from their complexion, Ar.Ec.1101, Macho ap.Ath.13.583b:—so φρῦνις, ὁ, name of a Com. Poet, Ar.Nu.971. (Cf. Skt. babhrús 'brown', OHG. brūn 'brown', etc.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 1311] ἡ, die Kröte; Arist. H. A. 2, 15; Theophr. – S. nom. pr.
