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ἀστράβη

ἀστράβη, a mule’s saddle, an easy padded saddle

ἀστρᾰβ-η, ἡ,
  • muleʼs saddle, an easy padded saddle, used by effeminate persons (Sch. D. l.c. infr.), ἐπʼ ἀστράβης ἂν ὠχούμην Lys. 24.11; ἐπʼ ἀστράβης ὀχούμενος ἀργυρᾶς (v.l. ἐξ Ἀργούρας) D. 21.133; τῶν ὑποζυγίων τὰ τριχώματα γίνεται λευκὰ ἐκ προστρίψεων τῆς ἀστράβης Arist. Col. interpol. post 798a19; εὐτελῶς ἐπʼ ἀστράβης Macho ap. Ath. 13.582c; μαλακίζομαι ἐπʼ ἀστράβης ὀχηθείς Luc. Lex. 2: prov., σοφόν γʼ ὁ βοῦς ἔφασκεν ἀστράβην ἰδών, Com.Adesp. 563.—Expld. as εἶδος ἁμάξης in Hdn.Gr. 1.308; as the pommel of a saddle, EM 159.50, Hsch.; of the mule itself, Id., Harp., Eust. 1625.40.
      • 2 Δημοσθένους ἀ., a kind of surgical appliance, Heliod. ap. Orib. 49.4.34.

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