α3990Ἀρουραία μάντις
field mantis
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are sluggish and ineffectual. There is a clumsy locust, green, called a mantis, whose movements some heed and [thereby] prophesy. The aroura contains 50 feet.
Ἀρουραία μάντις· ἐπὶ τῶν νωθρῶν καὶ ἀπράκτων. ἔστι δὲ ἀκρὶς δυσκίνητος, χλωρὰ, καλουμένη μάντις, ἧς τινες προσέχοντες ταῖς κινήσεσι μαντεύονται. ὅτι ἡ ἄρουρα ἔχει πόδας νʹ.