Ἀμάμυξις
amamyxis
Translated by Jennifer Benedict9 Jun 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a kind of grape-cluster - though some [say] the vine [itself] is so called.1 The noun also occurs in Epicharmus and in Sappho.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀμάμυξις· σταφυλῆς γένος. οἱ δὲ τὴν ἀναδενδράδα οὕτως καλεῖσθαι. ἔστι δὲ καὶ παρ' Ἐπιχάρμῳ καὶ παρὰ Σαπφοῖ τὸ ὄνομα.
Betacode
*)ama/mucis: stafulh=s ge/nos. oi( de\ th\n a)nadendra/da ou(/tws kalei=sqai. e)/sti de\ kai\ par' *)epixa/rmw| kai\ para\ *sapfoi= to\ o)/noma.
Notes (2)
- Similar material in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 326 (psi 44).
See again alpha 1846. - 1LSJ s.v.
a(ma/macus (sic) defines it as a "vine trained on two poles". ↩ - 2Epicharmus fr. 24 Kaibel, now 21 K.-A.; Sappho fr. 150 Bergk. ↩
Linked from3 entries
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- α3722Ἄπυρα σῖταfireless rations, unfired rations"He ordered the Macedonians to prepare three days' worth of fireless rations." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)/puros trofh/ ["fireless fare"], [meaning] that made up of fruit and vegetables. "Zeno used used…
- η304Ἡμερίςcultivated vine[Meaning a grape]-vine: [so-called] from making us gentle [h(merou=n]. Also the nettle. But some [use the word for] the vine which climbs trees and the olive. Also the cultivated wood, the thin-leaved oak or the…
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Revision history6 revisions · last 21 Dec 2014
- updated n.2 — David Whitehead
- added primary note — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, keyword — Catharine Roth
- added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added keyword — Catharine Roth
- added notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict