φάτν-η, ἡ,
manger, crib, [ἵππους] ἀτίταλλ᾽ ἐπὶ φάτνῃ [
NT+8th c.BC+]; φάτναι Ζηνὸς, of the
manger of Pegasus, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: also of oxen, ὥς τίς τε κατέκτανε βοῦν ἐπὶ φ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
2) βοῦς ἐπὶ φ,
proverbial of ease and comfort, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐν τῇ φ. κύων 'the dog in the manger', [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; θεραπεύειν τὴν φ. τινός to court one who feeds you, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+] to return to their old
haunts, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II) ={φάτνωμα}[
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III)
socket of tooth, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
IV) the
Manger, name of the nebula (star-cluster) between the ὄνοι in Cancer, [
Refs 4th c.BC+] in Attic and Delian Inscrr, [
Refs]:
bhndh, cf. Sanskrit
badhnāti 'tie', Celt.
benn 'wicker chariot'.)