ὀρεύς
Δεινότερον οὐδὲν ἄλλο μητρυιᾶς κακόν → Nulla est noverca pestis exitalior → Kein schlimmres Übel gibt's als eine Stiefmutter
English (LSJ)
Ion. οὐρεύς, έως, ὁ (even
A ὁ θῆλυς ὀ. Arist.HA577b22, though τῆς θηλείας follows τοῖς θήλεσιν ib.573a16), mule, in Il., as a beast of draught and burden, always in Ion. form, synon. with ἡμίονος, cf. 23.115 with 121, and 24.702 with 716 ; also in Ar.Ra.290, etc. ; νικᾶν τοῖς ὀρεῦσι win the mule-race, Arist.Rh.1405b25.—In Att. ἡμίονος is the usual word, though the Adj. ὀρικός is preferred to ἡμιονικός by Moer.p.273 P. II poet. Adj. for ὀρεινός, Lyc.1111.
German (Pape)
[Seite 373] ὁ, ion. u. ep. οὐρεύς (wahrscheinlich von ὄρος, das Bergthier, das in Gebirgen besonders gebraucht wird), Maulthier, Maulesel; Il. 1, 50. 23, 111 ff. 24, 716; Ar. Ran. 290; Arist. u. Folgde. – Poet. = ὀρεινός, ἐργάτης, der in den Bergen arbeitet, Lycophr. 1111.
