Βαπτά
dyed
Translated by Jennifer Benedict14 Apr 2002Vetting: high9 revisions
Translation
Bridegrooms used to wear dyed cloaks so there was displayed a token of the deflowering.1 Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "nor [will you be able] to deck out [your bride] with the riches of varicolored dyed cloaks."2 ["Varicolored] meaning differently-colored.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Βαπτά· βαπτὰ ἱμάτια ἐφόρουν οἱ νυμφίοι πρὸς τὸ φαίνεσθαι τεκμήριον τῆς φθορᾶς. Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ· οὔθ' ἱματίων βαπτῶν δαπάναις κοσμῆσαι ποικιλομόρφων. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἑτεροχρόων.
Betacode
*bapta/: bapta\ i(ma/tia e)fo/roun oi( numfi/oi pro\s to\ fai/nesqai tekmh/rion th=s fqora=s. *)aristofa/nhs *plou/tw|: ou)/q' i(mati/wn baptw=n dapa/nais kosmh=sai poikilomo/rfwn. a)nti\ tou= e(teroxro/wn.
Notes (2)
- The headword is neuter nominative/accusative plural of this adjective, as in the first sentence of the gloss; the original quotation (n.2 below) has genitive plural.↩
- 1For this meaning of the noun
fqora/ see LSJ s.v., 4. ↩- 2Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 530 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there.
- 1For this meaning of the noun
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history9 revisions · last 1 Feb 2016
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- — David Whitehead
- upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- another note; more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- modified keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Corrected typos — Elizabeth Vandiver
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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- Translated — Jennifer Benedict