Ἐπίξηνος

chopping-block

Translated by William Hutton25 Nov 2007Vetting: high6 revisions

1 note · 43 words
[Meaning] the culinary piece of wood, on which they cut meats. Aristophanes [writes]: "it will be my wish to speak while holding my head over the chopping-block." If I do not speak justly, he is saying, may I be deprived of my head.1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπίξηνος· ὁ μαγειρικὸς κορμός, ἐφ' ᾧ τὰ κρέα συγκόπτουσιν. Ἀριστοφάνης· ὑπὲρ ἐπιξήνου θελήσω τὴν κεφαλὴν ἔχων λέγειν. εἰ μὴ λέγω, φησί, δίκαια, τῆς κεφαλῆς ἀφαιρεθείην.

Betacode
*)epi/chnos: o( mageiriko\s kormo/s, e)f' w(=| ta\ kre/a sugko/ptousin. *)aristofa/nhs: u(pe\r e)pich/nou qelh/sw th\n kefalh\n e)/xwn le/gein. ei) mh\ le/gw, fhsi/, di/kaia, th=s kefalh=s a)faireqei/hn.

Notes (1)

  1. 1Aristophanes, Acharnians 318, with comments from the scholia thereto. Again at upsilon 265, and cf. Etymologicum Gudianum 415.33, Hesychius epsilon5019, Etymologicum Magnum 362.22-3. Adler also cites the Ambrosian Lexicon (1336) and several references compiled by Ludwich. See also the apparatus in Theodoridis' edition of Photius, Lexicon s.v. epsilon1650. ↩

References


Ludwich, A. 1904-5. Anekdota zur griechischen Orthographie. Koenigsberg

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Revision history6 revisions · last 29 Jan 2016
  1. tweaks — David Whitehead
  2. cosmetic — David Whitehead
  3. expanded note — David Whitehead
  4. Revised — David Whitehead
  5. augmented note and bibliography — William Hutton
  6. more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  7. Translated — William Hutton

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