manger, crib,
φάτν-η,ἡ,
A. manger, crib,[ἵππους] ἀτίταλλ' ἐπὶ
φάτνῃ
Il. 5.271
; ἵππος ἀκοστήσας ἐπὶ φ.
6.506
; ἵππους μὲν κατέδησαν . . φάτνῃ ἐφ' 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 Ζηνὸς,of themangerof 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. τινόςto court one who feeds you, Ael. Fr. 107 ;τοὺς ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς οἱονεὶ φ. ἐδηδοκόταςib. 39 :τὴν αὐτὴν φ. ζητεῖνto return to their oldhaunts,
Eub. 129 .
II.
= φάτνωμα
1 , IG 11(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. theManger,name of the nebula (star-cluster) between theὄνοιin Cancer, Thphr. Sign. 23 , al., Arat. 892 , 898 , Eratosth. Cat. 11 , Ptol. Tetr. 23 . (Later Gr.πάθνηacc. to Moer. , butφάτνηin Attic and Delian Inscrr., IG 22.1487.37 , 11(2) .l. c.,Inscr.Déios
504
A 6 , B 9 :bhndh,cf. Skt.badhnāti'tie', Celt.benn'wicker chariot'.)
