βάτρᾰχος[βᾰ],ὁ,
A. frog,
Batr. 6 , 18 , 59 , al., Hdt. 4.131 , etc.: prov.,ὕδωρ πίνειν βάτραχος a very frogto drink, Aristopho 10.3 ;βατράχοις οἰνοχοεῖν,of those who give what is not wanted, Pherecr. 70.5 ; μέλει μοι τῶν τοιούτων ἧττον τῶν ἐν τοῖς τέλμασι β.
Jul. Mis. 358a
;χλωρὸς β.,of the tree-frog,
Thphr. Sign. 15 .
II.
= ἁλιεύς , a kind offish, fishing-frogorsea-angler, Lophius piscatorius,
Arist. GA 749a23 , Ael. NA 13.5 .
III. frog of a horse's hoof,
Gp. 16.1.9 , Hippiatr. 8 : hence Astron., of the starβCentauri, Ptol. Alm. 8.1 .
IV. ἐσχάρας εἶδος,
Hsch.
V. swelling under the tongue,
Aët. 8.39 .—Dial. forms are cited by Gramm.,