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Αὐχμηρὰ τράπεζα · dry table, parched table (α 4543) · Suda

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Near α4543

α4539crown and all, garland and all
α4540you are eating the cheese (with) baskets and all
α4541brags
α4542boast, glory
α4543dry table, parched table
α4544you are shamefully dirty
α4545auchos
α4546bragging
α4547to consecrate, to purify; to despoil, to strip

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Αὐχμηρὰ τράπεζα

dry table, parched table

Translated by Jennifer Benedict6 Aug 2001Vetting: high7 revisions

daily life
definition
economics
ethics
food
imagery
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1 note · 19 words

Translation

[Meaning] that which is without food and poor.
Also [sc. attested is] au)xmhro/n ["dry, parched"], [something] hateful, or dark.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Αὐχμηρὰ τράπεζα· ἡ ξηρὰ καὶ πενιχρά. καὶ Αὐχμηρόν, στυγνὸν, ἢ σκοτεινόν.

Betacode

*au)xmhra\ tra/peza: h( chra\ kai\ penixra/. kai\ *au)xmhro/n, stugno\n, h)\ skoteino/n.

Notes (1)

The headword phrase is unidentifiable (Callimachus fr.33 Kapp, but not in Pfeiffer). See also alpha 1825.
See generally LSJ s.v. au)xmhro/s for the full range of meanings, literal and figurative, of this adjective.
1Likewise in other lexica, and cf. the scholia to Plato, Republic 554A, where this adjective is used of a person.

Linked from1 entry

α1825Ἀναγκαία τράπεζαnecessary table, needy table[Meaning] a cheap and poor one. And Sophocles says: "O lord Ajax, there is no evil greater for men than this necessary fortune." He is speaking of what is "necessary" in two senses, sometimes in reference to those…

Neighbouring entries

α4541Αὐχεῖbrags α4542Αὔχημαboast, glory α4543Αὐχμηρὰ τράπεζαdry table, parched table α4544Αὐχμεῖς αἰσχρῶςyou are shamefully dirty α4545Αὖχοςauchos

Revision history7 revisions · last 11 Sep 2015

11 Sep 2015 — David Whitehead
4 May 2012 — David Whitehead
16 Sep 2009augmented notes and keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
28 Aug 2002augmented note — David Whitehead
7 Aug 2001augmented notes; added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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6 Aug 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Αὐχμηρὰ τράπεζα (Adler number alpha 4543), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 6 Aug 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/4543

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 ↗