Χιλή
fodder
Translated by Jennifer Benedict29 Mar 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] food.
Also [sc. attested is]xilo/s , masculine, [also meaning] food.
Xenophon [writes]: "the herds were all fed indoors with fodder."1
"[...] through their own country, where there was fodder and water for horses." Herodotus [sc. says this].2
"[...] to bring inside the walls as much grain and fodder as was in the region."3
[The word]xilo/s [is] masculine.
And [sc. note also the name] Achilles, the hero, [deriving] from not sharing in fodder [metasxei=n xilou= ]; for he was fed on marrow."4
Fodder is grown on the mainland; that is, pasturage. Whence [comes the term]e)kkexilwme/nhn ("covered with grass"), [meaning] "falsified" or "made dry and barren", that is, uncared-for.5
Also [sc. attested is]
Xenophon [writes]: "the herds were all fed indoors with fodder."1
"[...] through their own country, where there was fodder and water for horses." Herodotus [sc. says this].2
"[...] to bring inside the walls as much grain and fodder as was in the region."3
[The word]
And [sc. note also the name] Achilles, the hero, [deriving] from not sharing in fodder [
Fodder is grown on the mainland; that is, pasturage. Whence [comes the term]