ἀστράβη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[mule]]'s [[saddle]], an [[easy]] [[pad]]ded [[saddle]]used by effeminate persons (Sch.D. l.c. infr.), ἐπ' ἀστράβης ἂν ὠχούμην <span class="bibl">Lys.24.11</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀστράβης ὀχούμενος ἀργυρᾶς</b> (v.l. ἐξ Ἀργούρας) <span class="bibl">D.21.133</span>; τῶν ὑποζυγίων τὰ τριχώματα γίνεται λευκὰ ἐκ προστρίψεων τῆς ἀστράβης Arist.<span class="title">Col.</span>interpol.post <span class="bibl">798a19</span>; εὐτελῶς ἐπ' ἀστράβης Macho ap.<span class="bibl">Ath.13.582c</span>; μαλακίζομαι ἐπ' ἀστράβης ὀχηθείς <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Lex.</span>2</span>: [[proverb|prov.]], σοφόν γ' ὁ βοῦς ἔφασκεν ἀστράβην ἰδών = well said the ox, seeing the pack, <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>563.—Expld. as <b class="b3">εἶδος ἁμάξης</b> in Hdn.Gr.1.308; as the [[pommel]] of a [[saddle]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>159.50</span>, Hsch.; of the [[mule]] itself, Id., Harp., <span class="bibl">Eust.1625.40</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> Δημοσθένους [[ἀστράβη]], a kind of [[surgical]] [[appliance]], Heliod. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.49.4.34</span>.</span>