Κόμματα

kommata

Translated by David Whitehead3 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

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and kyrebia. Kyrebia are husks, whereas kommata seem to be certain portions either of the stalk or of the [parts] occurring in the ear, round the grain itself, or of the beards.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κόμματα καὶ Κυρήβια· τὰ μὲν κυρήβιά ἐστι τὰ πίτυρα, τὰ δὲ κόμματα ἔοικε μέρη τινὰ ἢ τῆς καλάμης, ἢ τῶν περὶ τὸν σῖτον αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ στάχυϊ γενομένων ἢ τῶν ἀνθερίκων.

Betacode

*ko/mmata kai\ *kurh/bia: ta\ me\n kurh/bia/ e)sti ta\ pi/tura, ta\ de\ ko/mmata e)/oike me/rh tina\ h)\ th=s kala/mhs, h)\ tw=n peri\ to\n si=ton au)to\n e)n tw=| sta/xui+ genome/nwn h)\ tw=n a)nqeri/kwn.

Notes

According to Harpokration s.v. (from which this entry derives), it was Dinarchus (fr. XIX.5 Conomis) who had used these two agricultural terms, both neuter plurals.

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Revision history4 revisions · last 17 Oct 2019

17 Oct 2019another keyword — Catharine Roth
11 Jul 2011tweaks — David Whitehead
20 Oct 2003internal rearrangement; augmented keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
19 Oct 2003added keywords, set status — Catharine Roth
3 Dec 2000Translated — David Whitehead

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes

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