tail

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substantive

Ar. and P. κέρκος, ὁ, V. οὐρά, ἡ (Euripides, Rhesus 784), οὐραῖα, τά (Euripides, Ion, 1154).

wag the tail: see under wag.

put the tail between the legs: V. οὐρὰν ὑπίλλειν (Euripides, Fragment).

turn tail, Met.: P. and V. ὑποστρέφειν.