ὀρεύς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. οὐρεύς, έως, ὁ (even <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ὁ θῆλυς ὀ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>577b22</span>, though <b class="b3">τῆς θηλείας</b> follows <b class="b3">τοῖς θήλεσιν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">573a16</span>), <b class="b2">mule</b>, in Il., as a beast of draught and burden, always in Ion. form, synon. with <b class="b3">ἡμίονος</b>, cf. <span class="bibl">23.115</span> with <span class="bibl">121</span>, and <span class="bibl">24.702</span> with <span class="bibl">716</span> ; also in <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>290</span>, etc. ; <b class="b3">νικᾶν τοῖς ὀρεῦσι</b> win the <b class="b2">mule</b>-race, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1405b25</span>.—In Att. <b class="b3">ἡμίονος</b> is the usual word, though the Adj. <b class="b3">ὀρικός</b> is preferred to <b class="b3">ἡμιονικός</b> by Moer.<span class="bibl">p.273</span> P. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> poet. Adj. for <b class="b3">ὀρεινός</b>, Lyc.1111.</span>