- βάτραχος
- βάτρᾰχος [βᾰ], ὁ,A frog, Batr.6,18,59, al., Hdt.4.131, etc.: prov., ὕδωρ πίνειν βάτραχος a very frog to drink, Aristopho10.3; βατράχοις οἰνοχοεῖν, of those who give what is not wanted, Pherecr.70.5;
μέλει μοι τῶν τοιούτων ἧττον τῶν ἐν τοῖς τέλμασι β. Jul.Mis.358a
; χλωρὸς β., of the tree-frog, Thphr.Sign.15.II = ἁλιεύς, a kind of fish, fishing-frog or sea-angler, Lophius piscatorius, Arist.GA749a23, Ael. NA13.5.III frog of a horse's hoof, Gp.16.1.9, Hippiatr.8: hence Astron., of the star β Centauri, Ptol.Alm.8.1.IV ἐσχάρας εἶδος, Hsch.V swelling under the tongue, Aët.8.39.—Dial. forms are cited by Gramm.,1 [dialect] Ion. βάθρακος, cited from Hdt. (prob.4.131) by Sch.Il.4.243, Eust.1570.11, and found in PLond.1.124.31 (iv/v A. D.); [dialect] Ion. alsoβότραχος Hp.
ap. Gal.19,βρόταχος Xenoph.40
(as pr. n., GDI5577,5592).2βράταχος Hsch.
(as pr. n., GDI5727d29).3 Cypr.βρούχετος Hsch.
4 Phoc. βριαγχόνη Id.5 Pontic βάβακος Id. Cf. βύρθακος, βρύτιχος.
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