Ἐγκρυφίας
ash-baked
Translated by Catharine Roth25 Apr 2005Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning a] loaf of bread covered in wood-ash. The 3 measures of flour, out of which the e)gkrufi/as was made, alludes to the three-day burial of the Bread of Life.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐγκρυφίας· ἄρτος ἐν σποδῷ κεκρυμμένος. τὰ δὲ γʹ μέτρα τῆς σεμιδάλεως, ἐξ ὧν ὁ ἐγκρυφίας ἐγίνετο, τὴν τριήμερον τοῦ ἄρτου τῆς ζωῆς ταφὴν ὑπαινίττεται.