Ἀλετρίβανος
pestle
Translated by Jennifer Benedict3 May 2000Vetting: high10 revisions
Translation
Some [sc. write this] with a rough breathing, from grinding salt [a(/las tri/bein ], others with a smooth, from pounding [a)lei=n ]. And whereas doi=duc [is an] Attic [word for this],1 a)letri/banos is Asian.2
Also found isa(lo/triy ["salt-grinder"].
"And this double-headed salt-grinder".3
Also [sc. attested is]a)letri/s , the miller-woman in Callimachus.4
Also found is
"And this double-headed salt-grinder".3
Also [sc. attested is]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀλετρίβανος· οἱ μὲν δασέως παρὰ τὸ τοὺς ἅλας τρίβειν, οἱ δὲ ψιλῶς παρὰ τὸ ἀλεῖν. καὶ δοῖδυξ μὲν Ἀττικόν, ἀλετρίβανος δὲ Ἀσιανόν. λέγεται δὲ καὶ Ἁλότριψ. καὶ τοῦτον δικάρανον ἁλότριβα. καὶ Ἀλετρίς, ἡ μυλωθρὸς παρὰ Καλλιμάχῳ.
Betacode
*)aletri/banos: oi( me\n dase/ws para\ to\ tou\s a(/las tri/bein, oi( de\ yilw=s para\ to\ a)lei=n. kai\ doi=duc me\n *)attiko/n, a)letri/banos de\ *)asiano/n. le/getai de\ kai\ *(alo/triy. kai\ tou=ton dika/ranon a(lo/triba. kai\ *)aletri/s, h( mulwqro\s para\ *kallima/xw|.
Notes (3)
- [1] See Aristophanes, Knights 984.↩
- 2From the scholia to Aristophanes, Peace 259, where the headword occurs in the accusative case. ↩
- 3Greek Anthology 6.306.7 (Ariston), kitchen utensils dedicated to Hermes by the cook Spinther upon his affranchisement; cf. Gow and Page, vol. I (42-43); vol. II (110-111); and further excerpts from this epigram at alpha 4064, beta 34, theta 539, mu 11, pi 3007, tau 73, tau 74, tau 799, chi 620, and omega 294. ↩
- 4Callimachus, Hecale fr.334; cf. alpha 3259 and epsilon 66.
References
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
Linked from5 entries
- α1176Ἀλήθω τὸν σῖτονI am grinding the grain[no gloss]
- α4064Ἀρυστρίςladle"And a ladle for sauce beside the spits."
- β34Βαθυκαμπῆdeeply-curved[Meaning one] greatly bending. "And a deeply-curved shoulder of swine."
- δ1560Δοῖδυξpestle[Meaning] a grinding-implement. Aristophanes [writes]: "that if this man had not become great in the city, two useful implements would not exist, a pestle and a grinder". See in the entry a)letri/banos ['grinder'].
- χ620Χύτρονpot[Meaning] mound. And a kind of kiss. And in the Epigrams: "a pot and this meat-hook".
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Revision history10 revisions · last 27 Mar 2019
- added cross-reference n.3 — Ronald Allen
- expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keywords — Ronald Allen
- typo — Catharine Roth
- coding — Catharine Roth
- another note; betacoding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented note — David Whitehead
- modified translation; added notes and keywords — David Whitehead
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- Translated — Jennifer Benedict