Χαυῶνας
chauones
Translated by Jennifer Benedict16 Mar 2008Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] barley loaves mixed with olive-oil; or roasted vegetables.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Χαυῶνας· ἄρτους ἐλαίῳ ἀναφυραθέντας κριθίνους· ἢ λάχανα ὀπτά.
Betacode
*xauw=nas: a)/rtous e)lai/w| a)nafuraqe/ntas kriqi/nous: h)\ la/xana o)pta/.
Notes
- The headword, actually accusative plural, is a Greek transliteration of the Hebrew כון kawwan, taken from the Septuagint: Jeremiah 51(44):19, cf. 7:18. In both contexts the word refers to cakes offered to Near Eastern deities like Astarte. There seems no extant example of
xauw=nes meaning "roasted vegetables".
Same entry in Lexica Segueriana 413.28, Etymologicum Magnum 807.43-4, and cf. already Hesychius chi243.