Αἱματοπότης
blood-drinker
Translated by William Hutton11 Feb 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a murderer.1
Colloquially applied to the serpent, for the animal drinks blood. Also to the sausage-seller, for they fill intestines and sausages with a mixture of blood and lard and barley. A blood-drinker, then, is one who consumes blood and, in a manner of speaking, gulps it down.2
[Spelled] with omega, likeu(dropw/ths ["water-drinker"].3
Colloquially applied to the serpent, for the animal drinks blood. Also to the sausage-seller, for they fill intestines and sausages with a mixture of blood and lard and barley. A blood-drinker, then, is one who consumes blood and, in a manner of speaking, gulps it down.2
[Spelled] with omega, like
Greek original · Adler’s text
Αἱματοπότης· ὁ φονεύς. οἰκείως δὲ ἐπὶ τοῦ δράκοντος, αἱματοποτεῖ γὰρ τὸ ζῷον, καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀλλαντοπώλου· τὰ γὰρ ἔντερα καὶ τοὺς ἀλλᾶντας μετὰ αἵματος καὶ πιμελῆς καὶ ἀλφίτων φυρῶντες πληροῦσιν. αἱματοπότην οὖν τὸν τὸ αἷμα καταναλίσκοντα καὶ ὥσπερ ἐκροφοῦντα. διὰ τοῦ ω μεγάλου ὡς ὑδροπώτης.
Betacode
*ai(matopo/ths: o( foneu/s. oi)kei/ws de\ e)pi\ tou= dra/kontos, ai(matopotei= ga\r to\ zw=|on, kai\ e)pi\ tou= a)llantopw/lou: ta\ ga\r e)/ntera kai\ tou\s a)lla=ntas meta\ ai(/matos kai\ pimelh=s kai\ a)lfi/twn furw=ntes plhrou=sin. ai(matopo/thn ou)=n to\n to\ ai(=ma katanali/skonta kai\ w(/sper e)krofou=nta. dia\ tou= w mega/lou w(s u(dropw/ths.
Notes (3)
- 1Likewise in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon; and cf. in any event alphaiota 207. ↩
- 2From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 198, where the headword occurs. ↩
- 3cf. upsilon 62 (where however
u(dropo/ths is spelled with omicron). ↩
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Revision history5 revisions · last 26 Nov 2015
- coding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- another note; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- added notes and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton