tail
tail
subs.
Ar. and P. κέρκος, ὁ, V. οὐρά, ἡ (Eur. Rhes. 784), οὐραῖα, τά (Eur. Ion, 1154).
Wag the tail: see under wag.
Put the tail between the legs: V. οὐρὰν ὑ̆πίλλειν (Eur. Frag.).
Turn tail, Met.: P. and V. ὑ̆ποστρέφειν.
subs.
Ar. and P. κέρκος, ὁ, V. οὐρά, ἡ (Eur. Rhes. 784), οὐραῖα, τά (Eur. Ion, 1154).
Wag the tail: see under wag.
Put the tail between the legs: V. οὐρὰν ὑ̆πίλλειν (Eur. Frag.).
Turn tail, Met.: P. and V. ὑ̆ποστρέφειν.
TAIL
cauda (☞ not coda). A little tail cauda parva: caudicula (in later writers): to wag the tail caudam movere or jactare (alicui): to drop the tail caudam sub alvum reflectere: the tail of a comet stellae crines: to tie up a horse’s tail *caudae setas in nodum colligere.
cauda (☞ not coda). A little tail cauda parva: caudicula (in later writers): to wag the tail caudam movere or jactare (alicui): to drop the tail caudam sub alvum reflectere: the tail of a comet stellae crines: to tie up a horse’s tail *caudae setas in nodum colligere.
tail:
I. Lit.: cauda: a horse's t., c. equina, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 45: a t. of hair, c. setosa, Plin. 11, 50, 111 (q. v.): a feathered t., pinnata c., Attius in Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 24: of the peacock, to unfold its jewelled t., gemmeam, pictam, c. explicare, Phaedr. 3, 18, 8; Hor. S. 2, 2, 26: the tip of the t., ultima c., Plin. 9, 5, 4: the t. shows the temper of lions, leonum animi index est c., id. 8, 16, 19: to lash the sides with the t., caedere terga cauda, Catul. 63, 81: to wag the t. gently, leniter atterere c., Hor. Od. 2, 19. 30: clementer (kindly) et blande movere, Gell. 5, 14: c. jactare (fig., to fawn upon, cf. adūlor), Pers. 4, 15, to go with the t. between the legs, c. sub alvum reflectere, Plin. 11, 50, 111: to cut off the t., c. amputare, ib.: to crop puppies' t.s, c. catulorum castrare, Col. 7, 12, 14. Phr.: neither head nor t., nec caput nec pedes, Cic. Fam. 7, 31, 2: nec pes nec caput, Hor. A. P. 8: nec caput nec pes, Pl. Asin. 3, 3, 139: com.: "to grow backwards, like a calf's t.", retroversus crescere, tanquam c. vituli, Petr. 44, 12. [N.B.--The older word was penis: cf. Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 2.]
II. Fig.: of a plough: būris, is, im, m. (būra, Varr.): Virg. G. 1, 170: of a comet, crīnes, m.: cŏmae: also barba, juba, Plin. 2, 24, 22 (q. v.): v.COMET : of a crowd: expr. by extrēmus, ultĭmus: despising him who follows with the t., temnens extremos inter euntem, Hor. S. 1, 1, 116: see END , LAST : of a garment, peniculamentum: v. TRAIN .
I. Lit.: cauda: a horse's t., c. equina, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 45: a t. of hair, c. setosa, Plin. 11, 50, 111 (q. v.): a feathered t., pinnata c., Attius in Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 24: of the peacock, to unfold its jewelled t., gemmeam, pictam, c. explicare, Phaedr. 3, 18, 8; Hor. S. 2, 2, 26: the tip of the t., ultima c., Plin. 9, 5, 4: the t. shows the temper of lions, leonum animi index est c., id. 8, 16, 19: to lash the sides with the t., caedere terga cauda, Catul. 63, 81: to wag the t. gently, leniter atterere c., Hor. Od. 2, 19. 30: clementer (kindly) et blande movere, Gell. 5, 14: c. jactare (fig., to fawn upon, cf. adūlor), Pers. 4, 15, to go with the t. between the legs, c. sub alvum reflectere, Plin. 11, 50, 111: to cut off the t., c. amputare, ib.: to crop puppies' t.s, c. catulorum castrare, Col. 7, 12, 14. Phr.: neither head nor t., nec caput nec pedes, Cic. Fam. 7, 31, 2: nec pes nec caput, Hor. A. P. 8: nec caput nec pes, Pl. Asin. 3, 3, 139: com.: "to grow backwards, like a calf's t.", retroversus crescere, tanquam c. vituli, Petr. 44, 12. [N.B.--The older word was penis: cf. Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 2.]
II. Fig.: of a plough: būris, is, im, m. (būra, Varr.): Virg. G. 1, 170: of a comet, crīnes, m.: cŏmae: also barba, juba, Plin. 2, 24, 22 (q. v.): v.
οὐρά
the tail
the tail
κυνόσουρα
dog’s-tail, the Cynosure
μελάνουρος
the black-tail
μύουρος2
plant, mouse-tail
οὐρή
tail
παρασκέλια
side-tails
πυγολαμπίς
fire-tail
σκίουρος
shadow-tail
σπαθίουρος
sword-tail
ἀλκαία
tail
ἱππούραιον
horse-tail
ἴπνον
mare’s-tail, Hippuris vulgaris
ὁλκαία
tail
the tail
appearing fewer than 50 times
κέρκοςthe tail
κυνόσουρα
dog’s-tail, the Cynosure
μελάνουρος
the black-tail
μύουρος2
plant, mouse-tail
οὐρή
tail
παρασκέλια
side-tails
πυγολαμπίς
fire-tail
σκίουρος
shadow-tail
σπαθίουρος
sword-tail
ἀλκαία
tail
ἱππούραιον
horse-tail
ἴπνον
mare’s-tail, Hippuris vulgaris
ὁλκαία
tail