α4248Ἀστράβη
mule, mule's saddle
[Meaning a] donkey. The mule, as Demosthenes [sc. says in his speech] against Meidias. But perhaps every beast of burden on which men are borne is called thus. Or a)stra/bh, the wooden [pommel] for equestrians, which…
Ἀστράβη· ὄνος. ἡ ἡμίονος, ὡς Δημοσθένης κατὰ Μειδίου. τάχα δὲ καὶ πᾶν ὑποζύγιον, ἐφ' οὗ οἱ ἄνθρωποι ὀχοῦνται, οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτο. ἢ Ἀστράβη, τὸ ἐπὶ τῶν ἐφίππων ξύλον, ὃ κρατοῦσιν οἱ…