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
tickling: P. γαργαλισμός, ὁ (Plato), κνῆσις, ἡ, Ar. γάργαλος, ὁ.
prick, sting: V. θάλπος, τό.