πρόβᾰτον, τό,
frequently in
plural πρόβατα (but also in
singular, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; irregular
dative πρόβασι[
Refs 5th c.AD+] — used (among the Ionians and Dorians) of all four-footed
cattle, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Europa's bull, [
Refs 8th c.BC+] generally of
cattle, flocks and
herds, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὰ π. καὶ καρταίποδα [
Refs]; opposed to ἄνθρωποι, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὰ λεπτὰ τῶν π. small
cattle, i.e. sheep and goats, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; so later, π. ἀπὸ τῶν ἀρνῶν καὶ τῶν ἐρίφων λήψεσθε [
LXX] almost invariably of
sheep, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; so in later
Boeotian dialect, [
Refs]: generally,
animals for slaughter, whether for sacrifices, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; or for food, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2 proverbial of stupid, lazy people, ἀριθμός, πρόβατ᾽ ἄλλως [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
more sheepish than
a sheep, uncertain conjecture in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρυσοῦν π., = Latin
pecus aurea, as nickname, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]: in other proverbs, τοὺς γευομένους κύνας τῶν π. κατακόπτειν φασὶ δεῖν [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II name of a sea-fish, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]. (Orig. of small cattle, sheep and goats, which in primitive mixed herds
walk in front (προβαίνει) of the larger animals.)
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