Κραιπάλη
carousal, hangover
Translated by Nick Nicholas8 Mar 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the throbbing [that results] from much wine-drinking.1
Also [sc. attested is the participle] "carousing", meaning [someone] misbehaving from drunkenness, being inebriated.2
[Derived] from the drunk having their head (kara) throb (pallein).3
Or, from erring in timely matters (kairiôn sphallesthai).4
Also [sc. attested is the participle] "carousing", meaning [someone] misbehaving from drunkenness, being inebriated.2
[Derived] from the drunk having their head (kara) throb (pallein).3
Or, from erring in timely matters (kairiôn sphallesthai).4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κραιπάλη· ὁ ἐκ πολλῆς οἰνώσεως παλμός. καὶ Κραιπαλῶν, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐκ μέθης ἀτακτοῦντα, μεθύοντα. ἀπὸ τοῦ κάρα πάλλειν τοὺς μεθύοντας. ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ σφάλλεσθαι τῶν καιρίων.
Betacode
*kraipa/lh: o( e)k pollh=s oi)nw/sews palmo/s. kai\ *kraipalw=n, a)nti\ tou= e)k me/qhs a)taktou=nta, mequ/onta. a)po\ tou= ka/ra pa/llein tou\s mequ/ontas. h)\ a)po\ tou= sfa/llesqai tw=n kairi/wn.
Notes (4)
- See also kappa 2355, kappa 2356, kappa 2358.
- 1Likewise in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa1048 Theodoridis. ps.-Zonaras fills it out with reference to the ensuing etymology: "the throbbing and turmoil in the head following from much wine-drinking". ↩
- 2From the scholia to Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 298, where the accusative
kraipalw=nta (reflected in the Suda's two glosses) occurs; cf. n.4 below. ↩ - 3Popular etymology, also given in Choeroboscus, Epimerismi in Psalmos p. 163 Gaisford, the Etymologicum Gudianum, the Etymologicum Magnum, and Eustathius, Commentary on Iliad 1.200. ↩
- 4A more strained folk etymology, also from the scholia to Aristophanes, Plutus 298; cf. n.2 above. ↩
Linked from4 entries
- κ1265Κεκραιπαληκώςhaving been intoxicated[Meaning] having enjoyed oneself.
- κ2355Κραιπαλᾶνto carouseIn reference to boasting. "Sesostris [was said] to carouse to such a degree that he built a gold-inlaid covered-carriage and attached precious stones to it and, taking a seat, harnessed the kings he had defeated".
- κ2356Κραιπαλαίκωμοςdrunken revelryMetonymically [this can mean] the song produced during drunkenness.
- κ2358Κραιπαλώδηςgiven to drunkenness"They knew full well the deficiencies of the spirit, whether [sc. those of] an individual who might be given to drunkenness and inebriation or a pleasure-seeker with his brain in his genitals".
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Revision history3 revisions · last 17 Mar 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-refs; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added keywords — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Nick Nicholas