Γίγαρτα
grape-stones
Translated by Jennifer Benedict8 Jul 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the fruit of the grape-clusters.1 Aristophanes [writes]: "being without grape-stones, and loving dried figs."2 For rustics used to crush grape-stones and eat them with dried figs.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Γίγαρτα· τῶν σταφυλῶν ὁ καρπός. Ἀριστοφάνης· ὢν ἄνευ γιγάρτων, καὶ φιλῶν τὰς ἰσχάδας. οἱ γὰρ ἄγροικοι κόπτοντες τὰ γίγαρτα μετὰ τῶν ἰσχάδων ἤσθιον.