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Ἀποβράσματα · chaff (α 3259) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near α3259

α3255to steal away
α3256spurting out
α3257having led astray
α3258from slow-legged donkeys [to] horses
α3259chaff
α3260having shut off
α3261I wean from
α3262for I destroyed will be
α3263to be away from

Suda/Α alpha/α3259

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Ἀποβράσματα

chaff

Translated by Jennifer Benedict20 Mar 2002Vetting: high5 revisions

agriculture
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14 words

Translation

[Meaning] husks [pitura] in Callimachus. "The corn-grinding girl sifted nothing base out of it."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀποβράσματα· τὰ πίτυρα παρὰ Καλλιμάχῳ. τῆς οὐδὲν ἀπέβρασε φαῦλον ἀλετρίς.

Betacode

*)apobra/smata: ta\ pi/tura para\ *kallima/xw|. th=s ou)de\n a)pe/brase fau=lon a)letri/s.

Notes

[1] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 334 Pfeiffer, with scholion; more fully at epsiloniota 66. To be more exact, the verb used is related to the (neuter plural) headword noun here.

Linked from1 entry

α1146ἈλετρίβανοςpestleSome [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], a)letri/banos is Asian. Also found is…

Neighbouring entries

α3257Ἀποβουκολίσαςhaving led astray α3258Ἀπὸ βραδυσκελῶν ὄνων ἵππουςfrom slow-legged donkeys [to] horses α3259Ἀποβράσματαchaff α3260Ἀποβύσαντεςhaving shut off α3261ἈπογαλακτίζωI wean from

Revision history5 revisions · last 27 Aug 2015

27 Aug 2015 — David Whitehead
1 Apr 2012tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
21 Mar 2002modified and augmented note; added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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20 Mar 2002Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀποβράσματα (Adler number alpha 3259), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 20 Mar 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/3259

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗