Κύτταρος
cell
Translated by William Hutton7 Mar 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the perforations of honeycombs and of wasps.1 But Theophrastus says that properly the cell is the first-bloom of the pine, which is like a small ear of large wheat grains, and when it dries it balloons out and falls off.2 So [Aristophanes] is saying that that the "cell of the sky" is vessel-shaped.3
The same Aristophanes in Thesmophoriazousai [writes]: "a penis similar to yours, bent like a cell."4
The same Aristophanes in Thesmophoriazousai [writes]: "a penis similar to yours, bent like a cell."4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κύτταρος· αἱ τῶν κηρίων καὶ σφηκῶν κατατρήσεις. Θεόφραστος δὲ κυρίως λέγει κύτταρον τὴν προάνθησιν τῆς πίτυος, ἥτις ἐστὶν ὡς στάχυς μικρὸς ἐκ μεγάλων πυρῶν, ξηραινόμενος δὲ θυλακοῦται καὶ ἀποπίπτει. οἷον οὖν ἀγγειῶδές φησι κύτταρον οὐρανοῦ. ὁ αὐτὸς Ἀριστοφάνης ἐν Θεσμοφοριαζούσαις· πόσθιον τῷ σῷ προσόμοιον, στρεβλὸν ὥσπερ κύτταρον.
Betacode
*ku/ttaros: ai( tw=n khri/wn kai\ sfhkw=n katatrh/seis. *qeo/frastos de\ kuri/ws le/gei ku/ttaron th\n proa/nqhsin th=s pi/tuos, h(/tis e)sti\n w(s sta/xus mikro\s e)k mega/lwn purw=n, chraino/menos de\ qulakou=tai kai\ a)popi/ptei. oi(=on ou)=n a)ggeiw=de/s fhsi ku/ttaron ou)ranou=. o( au)to\s *)aristofa/nhs e)n *qesmoforiazou/sais: po/sqion tw=| sw=| proso/moion, streblo\n w(/sper ku/ttaron.
Notes (4)
- The same word is glossed with information from much the same sources in the previous entry, kappa 2786 (q.v. for further references).
- 1So the transmitted text here; the Aristophanic scholion (n.3 below) has, more intelligibly, 'of wasps' nests' (
sfhki/wn ). ↩ - 2Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 3.3.8. ↩
- 3Aristophanes, Peace 199 (web address 1), with information from the scholia thereto; cf. Hesychius kappa4747; Photius kappa1270 Theodoridis. ↩
- 4Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 516 (web address 2); cf. lambda 271. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- κ2786ΚύτταροςcellThe covering of the acorn, where the acorn sits. The receptacle of the acorn, or the blossom-end of the pomegranate, or the receptacle and perforation in the honecombs of bees. Or the highest part of the sky; for they…
- λ271Λέων λέων σοι γέγονεν ἔκμαγμα σόνa lion a lion has been born to you (as) your (very) imageIn reference to women being debauched and giving birth. A 'cell' [is] the cover of the acorn, where the acorn is situated. "Both in each and every other respect and in having a penis like yours, bent just like a cell".
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Revision history5 revisions · last 25 Nov 2014
- tweak — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- adjusted a reference — David Whitehead
- another note — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton