wag
From LSJ
φιλοσοφώτερον καὶ σπουδαιότερον ποίησις ἱστορίας ἐστίν: ἡ μὲν γὰρ ποίησις μᾶλλον τὰ καθόλου, ἡ δ' ἱστορία τὰ καθ' ἕκαστον λέγει → poetry is something more scientific and serious than history, because poetry tends to give general truths while history gives particular facts
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
wag the tail: P. διασείειν οὐρᾷ (Xen.), διασαίνειν (absol.) (Xen.). V. σαίνειν (absol.), Ar. κέρκῳ σαίνειν (Equites 1031).
wag the tongue: V. ἀπογυμνάζειν στόμα (Aesch., Seven Against Thebes 441).
substantive
See jester.
