ὀπισθο-νόμος · opistho-nomos — LSJ
grazing backwards
grazing backwards, of certain cattle with large horns slanting forwards, Hdt. 4.183, cf. Arist. PA 659a10, Ael. NA 16.33.
The corpus record
ὀπισθο-νόμος
opisthonomos
grazing backwards
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Where it lives
- Histories 2 · 0.11/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- ὀπισθονόμοι · opisthonomoi Herodotus, Histories 4.183.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5227)
- ὀπισθονόμοι · opisthonomoi Herodotus, Histories 4.183.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5226)
Where it came from
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