Κότταβος
kottabos, cottabus
Translated by Catharine Roth1 Feb 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a drop of wine.1 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 [drop] which made the biggest noise was praised; and those who did this [were called] methusokottaboi ["kottabos-drunkards"].2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κότταβος· λάταξ. χαλκῆ φιάλη, ἣν μεταξὺ τοῦ δείπνου ἐτίθεσαν οἴνου πεπληρωμένην, εἶτα εἰς μικρὰ ποτήρια ἐμβαλόντες ἀπὸ ὕψους ἐρρίπτουν, ἐπὶ τῷ ψόφον ἀποτελέσαι, ὃς ἐκαλεῖτο κότταβος· ἐπῃνεῖτο δὲ ὁ μείζονα ψόφον ποιῶν· καὶ μεθυσοκότταβοι οἱ τοῦτο ἐργαζόμενοι.
Betacode
*ko/ttabos: la/tac. xalkh= fia/lh, h(\n metacu\ tou= dei/pnou e)ti/qesan oi)/nou peplhrwme/nhn, ei)=ta ei)s mikra\ poth/ria e)mbalo/ntes a)po\ u(/yous e)rri/ptoun, e)pi\ tw=| yo/fon a)potele/sai, o(\s e)kalei=to ko/ttabos: e)ph|nei=to de\ o( mei/zona yo/fon poiw=n: kai\ mequsoko/ttaboi oi( tou=to e)rgazo/menoi.
Notes (2)
- From a scholion on Aristophanes, Acharnians 525 (web address 1); see also kappa 2152, kappa 2153.
- 1cf. lambda 142, lambda 143. ↩
- 2cf. mu 441. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from5 entries
- κ2152Κοτταβίζειplays kottabos[Meaning he/she/it] tosses wine into a cup; [the thing] that wine-drinkers used to do.
- 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…
- λ142Λαταγεῖαwine-vesselsand [sc. also attested] in the feminine [accusative plural], la/tagas ["wine-drops"].
- λ143Λάταξwine-drip[Meaning] a big drop [of wine]. In the Epigrams: "but the drunkards I will leave behind, those who delight in the twinings of wine-drops."
- μ441Μεθυσοκότταβοιkottabos-drunkardsA drop of wine, a bronze bowl; which during dinner they set full of wine, then pouring wine into small cups they used to toss [drops] from a height into it so as to make a noise, which was called kottabos. The [drop]…
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