Ἀκρατίζω
I have breakfast, I drink neat wine
Translated by Jennifer Benedict22 Mar 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀκρατίζω· τὸ ἄκρατον πίνω. καὶ Ἀκρατισαμένη, ἀκράτου σπάσασα. ἡ δὲ Θεοδώρα ἀκρατισαμένη ἡσυχίαν ἦγεν. ὅτι δεῖπνον, τὸ πρωϊνὸν ἄριστον, ἀκρατισμὸς λέγεται. ζήτει ἐν τῷ δεῖπνον.
Betacode
*)akrati/zw: to\ a)/kraton pi/nw. kai\ *)akratisame/nh, a)kra/tou spa/sasa. h( de\ *qeodw/ra a)kratisame/nh h(suxi/an h)=gen. o(/ti dei=pnon, to\ prwi+no\n a)/riston, a)kratismo\s le/getai. zh/tei e)n tw=| dei=pnon.
Notes (3)
- Despite the present headword (also in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, twice in the Ambrosian Lexicon), this verb is more commonly found as middle-voice↩
a)krati/zomai . See LSJ s.v.
cf. alpha 961.- 1Procopius, Secret History 15.8 (web address 1), on the lifestyle of Theodora; cf. Kaldellis (68). On Theodora, see alpha 956 note. ↩
- 2Because breakfast consisted of bread dipped in unmixed wine; see Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.11C (1.19 Kaibel). ↩
- 3delta 358.
References
A. Kaldellis, ed. and trans., Prokopios: The Secret History, (Indianapolis 2010)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- α961Ἀκράτισταbreakfast[Meaning a] meal/snack [of that name].
- α964ἌκρατοςunmixedXenophon [writes]: "the wine was entirely unmixed, unless someone poured water in." And elsewhere: "the woman skilled at sipping three times a cup of unmixed wine."
- α967Ἀκράτουunmixed, unrestrained, untempered, violent[Meaning] boiling-over. "[...] lest an irrational crowd [...] [mis]interpret the misfortune because of violent emotion."
- δ358Δεῖπνονmeal[Meaning, in this context,] the early-morning breakfast. Which is called "breakfasting" [akratismos]. So [when taken] around the third hour, [it is called] ariston, from its proceeding into bravery [aristeia]. And…
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- x-ref — David Whitehead
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- augmented notes; added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict