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Headword: *fru/agma
Adler number: phi,746
Translated headword: neigh, whinny
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] the sound that comes through the snouts of horses and mules, resulting from a savage blast of air. It is also used in reference to laughter.
Greek Original:
*fru/agma: h( tw=n i(/ppwn kai\ h(mio/nwn dia\ mukth/rwn h)xh/, a)gri/w| fush/mati e)kpi/ptousa. le/getai de\ kai\ e)pi\ th=s gela/sews.
Notes:
Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius phi316 Theodoridis.
Also has figurative uses, for which cf. phi 747.
Keywords: daily life; definition; imagery; medicine; zoology
Translated by: William Hutton on 18 October 2006@16:24:50.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (note; more keywords; cosmetics) on 19 October 2006@03:31:25.
David Whitehead on 18 December 2013@06:03:20.

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