Ἐπίπαστα
sprinklings
Translated by William Hutton29 Nov 2007Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the grits that were sprinkled over the body.1 For they had a custom of making flatbreads or loaves and sprinkling some savories or salty things over them; and on account of this they were compelled to drink a lot. This is the [term] 'sprinklings'. "After licking the public-auction sprinklings, the bastard snores like the drunk he is face-up in the doorways."2 It so happens that drunks are particularly likely to have this happen to them, as are those who lie face-up.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐπίπαστα· τὰ ἐπιπασσόμενα τῷ σώματι ἄλφιτα. ἔθος γὰρ εἶχον ποιεῖν πλακοῦντας ἢ ἄρτους καὶ ἐπιπάσσειν τινὰ καρυκεύματα ἢ ἁλμυρά· καὶ ἐκ τούτου ἠναγκάζοντο πίνειν πολλά. τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ ἐπίπαστα. ἐπίπαστα λείξας δημιόπραθ' ὁ βάσκανος, ῥέγχει μεθύων ἐν ταῖς θύραις ὕπτιος. συμβαίνει δὲ μάλιστα τοῦτο πάσχειν τοὺς μεθύοντας, ἢ τοὺς ὑπτίους κειμένους.
Betacode
*)epi/pasta: ta\ e)pipasso/mena tw=| sw/mati a)/lfita. e)/qos ga\r ei)=xon poiei=n plakou=ntas h)\ a)/rtous kai\ e)pipa/ssein tina\ karukeu/mata h)\ a(lmura/: kai\ e)k tou/tou h)nagka/zonto pi/nein polla/. tou=to/ e)sti to\ e)pi/pasta. e)pi/pasta lei/cas dhmio/praq' o( ba/skanos, r(e/gxei mequ/wn e)n tai=s qu/rais u(/ptios. sumbai/nei de\ ma/lista tou=to pa/sxein tou\s mequ/ontas, h)\ tou\s u(pti/ous keime/nous.
Notes (2)
- cf. delta 433.
- 1Scholia to the Aristophanes passage quoted later in the entry differ on whether the substance sprinkled was barley groats (as here) or wheat; also, whether what it was sprinkled on was porridge (
e)/tnei ) or honey (me/liti ) -- but either is preferable to the Suda'ssw/mati ('body'). Aelius Dionysius epsilon57, Hesychius epsilon5047, and Etymologicum Magnum 362.53, which are similar to this entry up to this point, prefer 'porridge'; and cf. Pollux 6.61. (Thus there is really no need for K. Zacher's emendation tozwmw=| , noted by Adler.) ↩ - 2Aristophanes, Knights 103 (web address 1), except that in Aristophanes the drunkard goes to sleep on his 'hides' (
bu/rsais ) instead of in the 'doorways' (qu/rais ). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- δ433Δημιόπραταpublicly-sold (goods)[Meaning those] which the [sc. Athenian] people sell. Those being publicly sold as the outcome of confiscation, and [sc. some] of the goods being confiscated through Kleon. Aristophanes [writes]: "the scoundrel has been…
- κ435Καρυκεύωνsaucing[Meaning someone who is] seasoning, sweetening.
- κ436Καρυκείαsaucing[Meaning] the sweetness of broths.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 30 Jan 2016
- expanded a note — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- x-ref; another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton