φορβ-ειά, ἡ,
(φέρβω), written φορβεά [[ “PCair.Zen.” 781.16 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus “de fasciis - Opera Hippocratis et Galeni” 14, +others] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; φορβέα codex [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]; also φορβαία (which see):— halter by which a horse is tied to the manger, τῆς ἐπιφατνιδίας φ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 5.1; περιεζῶσθαι τὴν φ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1324b16; οἱ ἵπποι ἀπὸ φορβειᾶς ἄγονται 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 15.1.52 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ φ. ἕλκειν [ὄνον] [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 51. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II mouthband of leather put like a halter round the lips of fifers or pipers, to assist them in regulating the sound, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 582 (_anapaest meter_), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.456b: hence φυσᾷ.. φορβειᾶς ἄτερ] Refs 5th c.BC+] blows the pipes without this check, i. e. too loud, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 768. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III a bandage, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 48.39 at Title Page, Sor.[same place], 7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 6.92. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]