Βεβυσμένα
stuffed-full (ones)
Translated by Craig Gibson15 Oct 2002Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] secret [ones], or (?)destined [ones].1
Also [sc. attested is the corresponding singular]bebusme/non , [meaning] filled-up.2
[Or] covered-up.
Aristophanes [writes]: "give me a little pot stuffed-full with a sponge".3 [He says this] either because they used to bring a pot in which there was a sponge filled with honey, which they would place in the mouths of the children for them to suck; or because the poor plug up the holes of the pot with sponges. Or [meaning] perforated with holes everywhere.
Also [sc. attested is the corresponding singular]
[Or] covered-up.
Aristophanes [writes]: "give me a little pot stuffed-full with a sponge".3 [He says this] either because they used to bring a pot in which there was a sponge filled with honey, which they would place in the mouths of the children for them to suck; or because the poor plug up the holes of the pot with sponges. Or [meaning] perforated with holes everywhere.