κεράστης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ου, ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[horned]], ἔλαφος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>568</span>; κάνθαρος Id.<span class="title">Ichn.</span>300; of a ram, ὦ κεράστα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>52</span> (lyr.); [[Πάν]] Antip.<span class="title">Oxy.</span>662.49, <span class="bibl">Corn. <span class="title">ND</span>27</span>; Σάτυροι <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Bacch.</span>1</span>:—fem. κεραστίς, ίδος, of Io, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 674</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as [[substantive]], [[horned serpent]] or [[asp]], [[Cerastes cornutus]], <span class="bibl">Nic. <span class="title">Th.</span>258</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Pr.</span>23.32</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.3.50</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>1.57</span>; οἱ κ. ὄφεις <span class="bibl">Call.Hist. 3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">pest which destroys [[fig tree]]s</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>4.14.5</span>, <span class="bibl">5.4.5</span>.</span>

|elnltext=κεράστης, -ου [κέρας] vocat. sing. κεράστα gehoornd; subst. hoorndrager (ram); gehoornde slang.