Ἀμβρόσιον
ambrosial
Translated by Jennifer Benedict1 Aug 2000Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀμβρόσιον· θεῖον ἢ ἀθάνατον ἢ θαυμαστόν. ἢ ἀκήρατον, ἄφθαρτον. ἦν γὰρ Ἐρώτων καὶ Χαρίτων ἡ παῖς ἀμβρόσιόν τι θάλος.
Betacode
*)ambro/sion: qei=on h)\ a)qa/naton h)\ qaumasto/n. h)\ a)kh/raton, a)/fqarton. h)=n ga\r *)erw/twn kai\ *xari/twn h( pai=s a)mbro/sio/n ti qa/los.
Notes (3)
- Masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective (for which see already alpha 1538, and cf. alpha 1537 and alpha 1540). Perhaps extracted from the quotation given here, where it is neuter; alternatively from Homer. (There are three almost identical instances in the Iliad -- 5.369, 13.35, 14.178; and Latte on Hesychius s.v. chooses the last.)↩
- 1Same or similar glossing in other lexica; references at Photius alpha1169 Theodoridis. ↩
- 2cf. alpha 1540. ↩
- 3Greek Anthology 6.292.3-4 (Hedylus), Niconoe's dedication to Priapus in gratitude for her victory in a beauty competition, again at theta 12; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 100); (vol. II, 289-290); and further excerpts from this epigram at alpha 1357, kappa 241, lambda 63, lambda 468, mu 1136, and pi 2936. On the young woman's unexpected dedication to Priapus, see alpha 1357 note.
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 from4 entries
- α1357Ἁλουργάsea-wrought[Meaning of] sea-purple. "The girdles, and the sea-wrought undergarment, and the Laconian robes."
- α1537Ἀμβροσίαambrosia[Meaning] solid food. "But it is a distillation of ambrosia and nectar." As to nectar, this is neo/ktar, that which makes those drinking it youthful [neoi].
- α1538Ἀμβρόσιαιambrosial [locks][Meaning those] which no mortal can have. Homer [says]: "ambrosial locks rolled forward from the immortal head of the lord."
- α1540Ἄμβροταimmortal [things][Meaning] divine [ones], incorruptible/eternal [ones].
Neighbouring entries
Revision history7 revisions · last 22 Dec 2021
- expanded n.3, added bibliography, added cross-references — Ronald Allen
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
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- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict