Κοτταβίζει
plays kottabos
Translated by Catharine Roth26 Jan 2009Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he/she/it] tosses wine into a cup; [the thing] that wine-drinkers used to do.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κοτταβίζει· οἶνον ποτηρίῳ ἀναρριπτεῖ· ὃ ἐποίουν οἱ οἰνιζόμενοι.
Betacode
*kottabi/zei: oi)=non pothri/w| a)narriptei=: o(\ e)poi/oun oi( oi)nizo/menoi.
Notes
- Likewise in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa1012 Theodoridis (which combines this entry with other material). The headword is third person singular, present indicative, of the verb
kottabi/zw . It must be quoted from somewhere but is not independently attested.
See also kappa 2153, kappa 2154.
Linked from3 entries
- κ2153Κοτταβίζεινto play kottabos[Meaning] to play a game. They used to toss a drink up, throwing it into bronze bowls, which are called latageia; and if a louder sound occurred, they thought that [the player] was loved by his lovers. Kottabos is what…
- κ2154Κότταβοςkottabos, cottabus[Meaning] a drop of wine. A bronze bowl, which during dinner they set full of wine, then pouring into small cups they used to toss [wine] from a height [into it] so as to make a noise, which was called kottabos; the…
- λ142Λαταγεῖαwine-vesselsand [sc. also attested] in the feminine [accusative plural], la/tagas ["wine-drops"].
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Revision history2 revisions · last 13 Mar 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth