Εἴα
provender
Translated by Anne Mahoney4 Dec 1999Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] fodder.
Buth)/i+a [i.e. with an eta] [means] foodstuffs.
But
Greek original · Adler’s text
Εἴα· χόρτος. Ἤϊα δὲ βρώματα.
Betacode
*ei)/a: xo/rtos. *)/hi+a de\ brw/mata.
Notes
- Same entry in Photius and elsewhere.
This distinction between the headword -- not in LSJ -- and the very similarh)/i+a (trisyllabic, besides the initial eta) summarizes the more explicit one in Hesychius epsilon720, which glossese)i+/a as "either fodder or its provision". Together with eta 140 (h)/i+on is "food for a journey"), the essence of the distinction seems to emerge as that between animals and humans.