βάτραχος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">βᾰ], ὁ,</b> <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[frog]], <span class="bibl">Batr.6</span>,<span class="bibl">18</span>,<span class="bibl">59</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.131</span>, etc.: prov., <b class="b3">ὕδωρ πίνειν βάτραχος</b> [[a very frog]] to drink, <span class="bibl">Aristopho10.3</span>; <b class="b3">βατράχοις οἰνοχοεῖν</b>, of those who give what is not wanted, <span class="bibl">Pherecr.70.5</span>; μέλει μοι τῶν τοιούτων ἧττον τῶν ἐν τοῖς τέλμασι β. <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Mis.</span>358a</span>; <b class="b3">χλωρὸς β</b>., of the tree-[[frog]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Sign.</span>15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[ἁλιεύς]], a kind of [[fish]], [[fishing-frog]] or [[sea-angler]], [[Lophius piscatorius]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>749a23</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael. <span class="title">NA</span>13.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">frog of a horse's hoof</b>, <span class="bibl">Gp.16.1.9</span>, <span class="title">Hippiatr.</span>8: hence Astron., of the star β Centauri, Ptol.<span class="title">Alm.</span>8.1. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">ἐσχάρας εἶδος</b>, Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> [[swelling under the tongue]], <span class="bibl">Aët.8.39</span>.—Dial. forms are cited by Gramm., </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> Ion. [[βάθρακος]], cited from Hdt. (prob.<span class="bibl">4.131</span>) by Sch.<span class="bibl">Il.4.243</span>, <span class="bibl">Eust.1570.11</span>, and found in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>1.124.31</span> (iv/v A. D.); Ion. also βότραχος Hp. ap. Gal.19, βρόταχος <span class="bibl">Xenoph.40</span> (as pr. n., <span class="title">GDI</span>5577,5592). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> βράταχος Hsch. (as pr. n., <span class="title">GDI</span>5727d29). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> Cypr. βρούχετος Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> Phoc. [[βριαγχόνη]] Id. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> Pontic [[βάβακος]] Id. Cf. <b class="b3">βύρθακος, βρύτιχος</b>.</span>