κνώδαλον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, any <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">wild creature</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.17.317</span>; κνώδαλ' ὅσ' ἤπειρος πολλὰ τρέφει ἠδὲ θάλασσα <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>582</span>; but also, of an ox or ass, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>188</span>; of beasts generally, κνωδάλων τε καὶ βροτῶν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>601</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">κ. πτεροῦντα καὶ πεδοστιβῆ</b>, of birds and beasts, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1000</span>; <b class="b3">κ. βροτοφθόρων</b> ib.<span class="bibl">264</span>; of sea-monsters, κνώδαλ' ἐν βένθεσι πορφυρέας ἁλός <span class="bibl">Alcm.60.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Ch.</span>587</span> (lyr.); ἔζευξα πρῶτος ἐν ζυγοῖσι κνώδαλα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pr.</span>462</span>; <b class="b3">ἀνημέρωσα κνωδάλων ὁδόν</b> (sc. Theseus) <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>905</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>716</span>; of boars, lions, <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Supp.</span>146</span>; asses, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>10.36</span>; serpents, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">N.</span>1.50</span>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>98</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Ax.</span>365c</span>; κώνωπες νυκτὸς κ. διπτέρυγα <span class="title">AP</span>5.150 (Mel.); of persons, as a term of reproach, ὦ παντομισῆ κ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>644</span>: Com., [[brutes]], [[beasts]], τρία κ. ἀναιδῆ <span class="bibl">Cratin.233</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>477</span>; also <b class="b3">ἁβρὰ Μουσᾶν κ</b>. dainty [[prey]] of the Muses, <span class="bibl">Cerc.7.9</span>.</span>