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φρύαγμα

φρύαγμα, a violent snorting, neighing

φρύ-αγμα [ῠ], ατος, τό,
  • violent snorting, esp. neighing or whinnying of a spirited horse ( = ἡ τῶν ἵππων καὶ ἡμιόνων διὰ μυκτήρων ἠχή, EM 801.11), ἱππικὰ φ. A. Th. 245, 475, S. El. 717; φ. καὶ φύσημα X. Eq. 11.12; also of a boar, Opp. C. 2.457.
    • II metaph., wanton behaviour, insolence, M.Ant. 4.48; τὸ ἐπʼ ὀφρύσι φ. AP 12.101 (Mel.); σοβαρὸν φ. ib. 5.17 (Rufin.); τὸ φ. αἴρειν Ael. NA 7.12; φ. πρός τινα Luc. Cat. 26; φ. ὁμοζύγου πλουσίας Aristaenet. 2.12, cf. Philostr. Im. 2.2.

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