About Report a problem

Menu

φάτνη

φάτνη, a manger, crib, feeding-trough

φάτν-η, ἡ,
  • manger, crib, [ἵππους] ἀτίταλλʼ ἐπὶ φάτνῃ Il. 5.271; ἵππος ἀκοστήσας ἐπὶ φ. 6.506; ἵππους μὲν κατέδησαν . . φάτνῃ ἐφʼ ἱππείῃ 10.568; ἐϋξέστῃ ἐπὶ φ. 24.280; ἡ φ. τῶν ἵππων Hdt. 9.70, cf. E. Ba. 510 (pl.), X. Cyr. 3.3.27 (pl.), Ev.Luc. 2.7, al.; φάτναι Ζηνός, of the manger of Pegasus, Pi. O. 13.92: also of oxen, ὥς τίς τε κατέκτανε βοῦν ἐπὶ φ. Od. 4.535, 11.411.
      • 2 βοῦς ἐπὶ φ., proverb. of ease and comfort, Philostr. Im. 2.10; also πλουσίαν ἔχειν φ. E. Fr. 378; φάτναις ἀργυραῖς χρῆσθαι Str. 3.2.14; ἡ ἐν τῇ φ. κύων ‘the dog in the manger’, Luc. Tim. 14, cf. AP 12.236 (Strat.); θεραπεύειν τὴν φ. τινός to court one who feeds you, Ael. Fr. 107; τοὺς ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς οἱονεὶ φ. ἐδηδοκότας ib. 39: τὴν αὐτὴν φ. ζητεῖν to return to their old haunts, Eub. 129.
    • II = φάτνωμα I, IG ΙΙ(2).161 A 46 (Delos, iii B. C.): pl., ib. 42(1).109 iii 85, al. (Epid., iii B. C.), D.S. 1.66.
    • III socket of tooth, Poll. 2.93.
    • IV the Manger, name of the nebula (star-cluster) between the ὄνοι in Cancer, Thphr. Sign. 23, al., Arat. 892, 898, Eratosth. Cat. 11, Ptol. Tetr. 23. (Later Gr. πάθνη acc. to Moer., but φάτνη in Attic and Delian Inscrr., IG 2(2).1487.37, 11(2) l.c., Inscr. Délos 504 A 6, B 9: bhndh, cf. Skt. badhnāti ‘tie’, Celt. benn ‘wicker chariot’.)

Saved

Recent