Ἄστομοι ἵπποι

hard-mouthed horses

Translated by Jennifer Benedict6 Jan 2002Vetting: high6 revisions

13 words

[Meaning ones] difficult to control with the bit. "Hard-mouthed colts carry [Orestes] violently."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἄστομοι ἵπποι· σκληρόστομοι. ἄστομοι πῶλοι βίᾳ φέρουσιν.

Betacode

*)/astomoi i(/ppoi: sklhro/stomoi. a)/stomoi pw=loi bi/a| fe/rousin.

Sophocles, Electra 724-5 (web address 1 below), with scholion.
The present headword phrase could come from another (unidentifiable) source, but is more probably just a broader version of Sophocles' phrase.