Δαιτή
feast
Translated by Jennifer Benedict23 Jul 2002Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
In the nominative [sc. this noun is spelled] with eta. [Meaning] a party. But in the dative, daiti/ , [meaning] for/to/with the party; out of dai/s , [genitive] daito/s , [comes dative] daiti/ .
Greek original · Adler’s text
Δαιτή· ἐπ' εὐθείας διὰ τοῦ η. ἡ εὐωχία. ἐπὶ δὲ δοτικῆς, δαιτί, τῇ εὐωχίᾳ· ἐκ τοῦ δαίς, δαιτός, δαιτί.
Betacode
*daith/: e)p' eu)qei/as dia\ tou= h. h( eu)wxi/a. e)pi\ de\ dotikh=s, daiti/, th=| eu)wxi/a|: e)k tou= dai/s, daito/s, daiti/.
Notes
Linked from5 entries
- δ112Δαίειburns[dai/ei means the same as] kai/ei. Also [sc. attested is the participle] daiome/nh ["being apportioned"], [meaning] being distributed, being divided. For dai/w ["I apportion"] also means I distribute. Out of this also…
- δ120Δαίνυfeast[Meaning] entertain sumptuously. Homer [writes]: "feast a feast for the elders." Also [sc. attested is] dainu/menos ["one who is being feasted"], [meaning one who is] being entertained sumptuously.
- δ124Δαίςfeast[Meaning] festivities. And when [sc. Homer] says "an abundant feast" [dai=ta], they say that di/aita is being said by a change of letter. But to say [it is derived] from dai/sasqai ["to feast"] [is] rather forced.
- δ126Δαῖταςfeasts[Meaning] parties. "Phoebus,... accept from the sailors this feast of hand-kneaded barley cake." Also, "just as Hesiod represents the sons of Aeacus as 'rejoicing in war as if in a feast."
- δ128Δαιτὸς ἐΐσηςof an equal banquet[Meaning] from feasting divided equally. But Zenodotus says [it means] "of good [feasting]," since nourishment is good for mankind. Since the first human beings, who did not have bountiful nourishment, snatched it by…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 7 Oct 2015
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; betacode and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified translation; added note — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict