ὑστριχίς
From LSJ
Σκηνὴ πᾶς ὁ βίος καὶ παίγνιον: ἢ μάθε παίζειν, τὴν σπουδὴν μεταθείς, ἢ φέρε τὰς ὀδύνας → All life is a stage and a play: either learn to play laying your gravity aside, or bear with life's pains.
English (LSJ)
ίδος, ἡ, (
A ὕστριξ 111) whip for punishing slaves, Ar.Ra.619, Pax746 (anap.), cf. Poll.2.24, 3.79, Ph.2.287 (ὑστριχίσι with v. l. ὕστριξι dat. pl.). II disease of the horse's tail, Hippiatr.59 tit.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὑστρῐχίς: -ίδος, ἡ, (ὕστριξ ΙΙ), μάστιξ ἐξ ὑείων τριχῶν, δι’ ἧς ἐκόλαζον τοὺς δούλους, Ἀριστοφ. Βάτρ. 619, Εἰρ. 746, πρβλ. Πολυδ. Β΄, 24, Γ΄, 79. ΙΙ. νόσημα τῆς οὐρᾶς τοῦ ἵππου, καθ’ ὃ «γίνονται αἱ τρίχες ἐν τῇ οὐρᾷ ὑείαις παραπλήσιοι» Ἱππιατρ. σ. 170, 10.
