Χύτρον
pot
Translated by David Whitehead4 Apr 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Χύτρον· χῶμα. καὶ φιλήματος εἶδος. καὶ ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· χύτρον τοι ταύτην τε κρεαγρίδα.
Betacode
*xu/tron: xw=ma. kai\ filh/matos ei)=dos. kai\ e)n *)epigra/mmasi: xu/tron toi tau/thn te kreagri/da.
Notes (2)
- [1] This is not an attested meaning of the headword↩
xu/tron ; Kuster referred it rather to chi 609.- 2'A kiss in which one held the other by the ears as by handles' (LSJ); cf. Pollux 10.100. ↩
- 3Greek Anthology 6.306.1 (Ariston), a list of kitchen equipment dedicated to Hermes by Spinther the cook upon his manumission; cf. Gow and Page, vol. I (42-43); vol. II (110-111); and further extracts at alpha 1146, alpha 4064, beta 34, mu 11, pi 3007, tau 73, tau 74, tau 799, and omega 294. For 'meat-hook' cf. the slightly different word in another epigram, quoted at kappa 2361.
References
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
Linked from4 entries
- α1146ἈλετρίβανοςpestleSome [sc. write this] with a rough breathing, from grinding salt [a(/las tri/bein], others with a smooth, from pounding [a)lei=n]. And whereas doi=duc [is an] Attic [word for this], a)letri/banos is Asian. Also found is…
- α4064Ἀρυστρίςladle"And a ladle for sauce beside the spits."
- β34Βαθυκαμπῆdeeply-curved[Meaning one] greatly bending. "And a deeply-curved shoulder of swine."
- χ609Χυτόνheap, pile[Meaning a] mound. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] hewn stone. Herodotus [sc. uses the headword thus].
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Revision history5 revisions · last 26 Mar 2019
- expanded n.3, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keyword — Ronald Allen
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented n.3; another keyword — David Whitehead
- tweaked note, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead