Ἤνυστρον
fourth stomach
Translated by Catharine Roth16 Sep 2006Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἤνυστρον· τὸ παχὺ μέρος τῆς κοιλίας ἐν ἐντέρῳ· εἰς τρία γὰρ τέτμηται ἡ γαστήρ· ἤνυστρον, ἐχῖνον, κεκρύφαλον. ἐγὼ δ' ἤνυστρον βοὸς καὶ κοιλίαν ὑείαν καταβροχθίσας.
Betacode
*)/hnustron: to\ paxu\ me/ros th=s koili/as e)n e)nte/rw|: ei)s tri/a ga\r te/tmhtai h( gasth/r: h)/nustron, e)xi=non, kekru/falon. e)gw\ d' h)/nustron boo\s kai\ koili/an u(ei/an katabroxqi/sas.
Notes (2)
- For the headword, meaning the fourth stomach of a ruminating animal, see generally LSJ s.v. (Its first vowel is sometimes epsilon, not eta.)
- 1Likewise in Photius and other lexica, and cf. scholia on Aristophanes, Knights 356 (quoted below) and on Nicander, Theriaca 579. See also epsilon 1504, epsilon 4009, kappa 489. ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Knights 356 (web address 1). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- ε1504Ἔνυστρονfourth stomach (of ruminating animals)[Meaning] the cavity after the belly; the part which receives the food.
- κ489Καταβροχθίσαςhaving gulped down[Meaning] having swallowed up, having drunk down. The [participle] katabroxqi/sas is said in reference to those who swallow all at once and insatiably. "I, having gulped down the stomach of a cow and the belly of a pig,…
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