φορβάς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=άδος, ὁ, ἡ (φέρβω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[giving pasture]] or [[food]], <b class="b3">φ. γαῖα</b> [[bounteous]] earth, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>700</span> (lyr.); but <b class="b3">φ. γῆ</b> land [[that nourished]] me, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>300</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[out at grass]], [[grazing]], <b class="b3">φορβάδες ἵπποι</b>, opp. [[τροφίαι]] (horses kept in the stable), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>604a22</span>; πῶλος ὅπως ἅμα ματέρι φορβάδι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>167</span> (lyr.); οἷον . . πώλους ἐν ἀγέλῃ νεμομένους φορβάδας τοὺς νέους κέκτησθε <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>666e</span>; αἴξ <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>925</span>; σύες <span class="bibl">A.R. 2.1024</span>: abs., [[mare]], <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>1.386</span>, <span class="title">Hippiatr.</span>15, Epic. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BKT</span>5(1).112</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph. of [[women who support themselves]] by prostitution, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>122.15</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>720</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Poll.7.203</span>.</span>

|sltr=<b>φορβᾰς</b> f. adj., [[grazing]] i. e. [[free]] to [[wander]] met. ὦ Κύπρου [[δέσποινα]], τεὸν δεῦτ' ἐς [[ἄλσος]] φορβάδων κορᾶν ἀγέλαν ἑκατόγγυιον λτ;γτ;ενοφῶν ἐπάγαγ (of the [[temple]] prostitutes of [[Aphrodite]] at Korinth: cf. Poll., 7. 203) fr. 122. 19.