Weasel
animal · 4 works · 4 mentions · 4 anchored passages
the weasel · a weasel · weasel
spoken of as
1 expressionA weasel1 mention
Characters (Greek)
If a weasel crosses his path, he will not go on until someone else has passed by or he has thrown three stones across the road.
in the texts
Ecclesiazusae
An animal invoked in the ritual purification formula opening the mock assembly.
PRAXAGORA (playing the part of the purifying officer) The purifier — the weasel must be carried round!
Peace
A household pest suspected of stealing stored hares in the reported rural dialogue.
and there was some beestings-curd inside too, and four hares—unless the weasel carried off any of them in the evening;
Vectiarius
Animal used as a descriptive comparison for shortened, atrophied limbs from congenital dislocation.
In congenital dislocations the nearest bones are most shortened, as is the case with persons who are weasel-armed;
Characters
An animal whose crossing of the superstitious man's path is treated as an ill omen requiring ritual counteraction.
If a weasel crosses his path, he will not go on until someone else has passed by or he has thrown three stones across the road.