['To flap the wings']; also [sc. attested is] a)nwrta/lizes ["you were flapping your wings"], [meaning] you were dancing lightly, you were excited, and you were rushing to believe before testing. But [uncompound] o)rtali/zein[1] is said about birds who begin to raise their feathers. Aristophanes [writes]: "whenever someone used these preambles you would flap your wings and toss your horns."[2] Meaning you got excited and puffed up. The term ["toss your horns"] [comes] from horn-bearing [creatures].