Βουλιμιᾶν
to be starving
Translated by Jennifer Benedict4 Jun 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
The [same term as] with us.1 But Xenophon says "to be starving" when the stomach is eating itself with hunger.
"Going to the yoke beasts, if he ever saw some food he gave it to those who were starving."2
"And when it is winter the experience of being starving falls upon labourers and flocks and men, either because of the cooling of the heat, or the piercing and sharp wind of settling winter comes and cuts the body and destroys the remitting heat outside again."3
"Going to the yoke beasts, if he ever saw some food he gave it to those who were starving."2
"And when it is winter the experience of being starving falls upon labourers and flocks and men, either because of the cooling of the heat, or the piercing and sharp wind of settling winter comes and cuts the body and destroys the remitting heat outside again."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Βουλιμιᾶν· τὸ παρ' ἡμῖν. Ξενοφῶν δὲ βουλιμιᾶν λέγει τὸ τὸν στόμαχον ἐπιδάκνεσθαι ὑπὸ λιμοῦ. ὁ δὲ παριὼν ἐπὶ τὰ ὑποζύγια, εἴ τί που ὁρῴη βρωτὸν, ἐδίδου τοῖς βουλιμιῶσι. συμπίπτει τε τῆς βουλιμιάσεως πάθος, χιόνος οὔσης, πονοῦσι καὶ κτήνεσι καὶ ἀνθρώποις, εἴτε τοῦ θερμοῦ διὰ περίψυξιν καὶ πύκνωσιν, ὅταν ἐντὸς ἅπαν καθειρχθῇ, τὴν τροφὴν ἀθρόως ἀναλίσκοντος, εἴτε δριμεῖα καὶ λεπτὴ τῆς χιόνος διαδυομένης ἰοῦσα πνοὴ τέμνει τὸ σῶμα καὶ διαφθείρει τὸ θερμὸν ἔξω αὖθις διαδιδόμενον.
Betacode
*boulimia=n: to\ par' h(mi=n. *cenofw=n de\ boulimia=n le/gei to\ to\n sto/maxon e)pida/knesqai u(po\ limou=. o( de\ pariw\n e)pi\ ta\ u(pozu/gia, ei)/ ti/ pou o(rw/|h brwto\n, e)di/dou toi=s boulimiw=si. sumpi/ptei te th=s boulimia/sews pa/qos, xio/nos ou)/shs, ponou=si kai\ kth/nesi kai\ a)nqrw/pois, ei)/te tou= qermou= dia\ peri/yucin kai\ pu/knwsin, o(/tan e)nto\s a(/pan kaqeirxqh=|, th\n trofh\n a)qro/ws a)nali/skontos, ei)/te drimei=a kai\ lepth\ th=s xio/nos diaduome/nhs i)ou=sa pnoh\ te/mnei to\ sw=ma kai\ diafqei/rei to\ qermo\n e)/cw au)=qis diadido/menon.
Notes (3)
- cf. generally beta 439, beta 441, epsilon 35.↩
- 1cf. kappa 371. ↩
- 2Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.8 (web address 1 below), quoted here from beta 565. ↩
- 3Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggested Symeon Metaphrastes and, ultimately, Aelian; then in her addenda she added the alternative of FGrH 151, an anonymous Alexander-history.)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from5 entries
- β439Βουλιμιᾷis starving[Meaning he/she/it] is famished, is excessively hungry. From the adverb bou ["ox-wise"], which is indicative of intensity; as also in boupeina ["ox hunger"], [meaning] great hunger; and bougaïos ["big bully"] and…
- β441Βούλιμοςterrible hungerMasculine. [Meaning] prolonged starvation. "Many fell on the road because of terrible hunger, both their hands and feet frozen off."
- β565Βρωτόνedible; fodder[Meaning] food, nourishment. Xenophon [writes]: "he went up to the draft animals and, if he saw anything edible anywhere, he gave it to the starving men."
- δ1527Δριμεῖαsharp (things)[Meaning] very sharp [ones]. Also [sc. attested is] drimei=a, [meaning she who/that which is] very sharp.
- ε35Ἐβουλιμίασανthey became famished[Meaning] they became very hungry. See also under boulimia=| ["is famished"].
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Revision history5 revisions · last 26 Jan 2014
- expanded n.3 — David Whitehead
- upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- modified translation; augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict