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Βωμακεύματα · ribald jests (β 484) · Suda

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Near β484

β480Bolis
β481Bôlos, Bolus
β482Bôlos, Bolus
β483clod [to] a tilled field
β484ribald jests
β485scoundrel
β486altar-ambusher
β487with the low buffoonery and rascally tricks of the altar-ambushers.
β488(if one) were to play the wit at the altar

Suda/Β beta/β484

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Βωμακεύματα

ribald jests

Translated by Jennifer Benedict7 Jun 2002Vetting: high6 revisions

comedy
daily life
dialects, grammar, and etymology
philosophy

2 words

Translation

[no gloss]

Greek original · Adler’s text

Βωμακεύματα.

Betacode

*bwmakeu/mata.

Notes

Neuter plural, unattested outside lexicography; probably extracted from beta 489 or its source -- a scholion on Plato, Republic 606C -- which associates this noun with bwmolo/xeuma, beta 487.

Linked from3 entries

β485Βώμαξscoundrel[Meaning] altar-thief. One who takes from altars before the offering is made. It is applied also to those being craven.
β486Βωμολοχεύεσθαιaltar-ambusherProperly speaking "altar-ambushers" was the name for those who sat under the altars during the sacrifices and pleaded disarmingly [for a share of the offering], but beyond that [sc. the term is applied to] the pipers…
β489Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher[Meaning] he who lies in wait around the altars, with the purpose of getting something from those who are sacrificing. But metaphorically also [it means] he who flatters certain people, in pretty much the same way, for…

Neighbouring entries

β482ΒῶλοςBôlos, Bolus β483Βῶλος ἄρουραclod [to] a tilled field β484Βωμακεύματαribald jests β485Βώμαξscoundrel β486Βωμολοχεύεσθαιaltar-ambusher

Revision history6 revisions · last 3 Jun 2012

3 Jun 2012more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
24 Feb 2011tweaked note, added keyword — Catharine Roth
9 Jun 2002 — David Whitehead
9 Jun 2002augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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7 Jun 2002Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Βωμακεύματα (Adler number beta 484), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 7 Jun 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/beta/484

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗