Κυψέλη ἑξμέδιμνος
six-bushel cask
Translated by William Hutton10 Mar 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning one] holding six bushels. A cask is a vessel that holds barley or wheat. It is called this [kuye/lh ] because the sunshine [e(/lh ] is hidden [krup- ] in it; for it is dark. It differs from kuyeli/s ['ear-wax'], which is the gunk in the ears.1 Aristophanes [writes]: "since they also threw a rock and ruined my six-bushel cask."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κυψέλη ἑξμέδιμνος· ἓξ μεδίμνους χωροῦσα. κυψέλη δὲ σκεῦος δεκτικὸν κριθῶν ἢ πυρῶν. οὕτω δὲ εἴρηται διὰ τὸ κεκρύφθαι αὐτοῦ τὴν ἕλην· ἔστι γὰρ σκοτεινόν. διαφέρει δὲ πρὸς τὴν κυψελίδα, ἥτις ἐστὶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς ὠσὶ ῥύπος. Ἀριστοφάνης· ἐπεὶ κἀμοῦ λίθον βαλόντες ἑξμέδιμνον κυψέλην ἀπώλεσαν.
Betacode
*kuye/lh e(cme/dimnos: e(\c medi/mnous xwrou=sa. kuye/lh de\ skeu=os dektiko\n kriqw=n h)\ purw=n. ou(/tw de\ ei)/rhtai dia\ to\ kekru/fqai au)tou= th\n e(/lhn: e)/sti ga\r skoteino/n. diafe/rei de\ pro\s th\n kuyeli/da, h(/tis e)sti\n o( e)n toi=s w)si\ r(u/pos. *)aristofa/nhs: e)pei\ ka)mou= li/qon balo/ntes e(cme/dimnon kuye/lhn a)pw/lesan.
Notes (2)
- For the noun in this headword phrase see already kappa 2801, kappa 2802.
- 1cf. kappa 2805. ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Peace 631 (web address 1), with comments from the scholia. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- κ2801Κυψέληcask[Meaning a] vessel for wine. "[... he] collecting together with the iron and the wine casks."
- κ2802Κυψέληcask[Meaning a] container of [= for] bees; the hoof of the ear is also called [this]. "Bees have nested in the lair as if in a cask; and the honey was dripping from the heads."
- κ2805Κυψελόβυστονear-wax-clogged[Meaning] that which is covered by gunk.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 31 Mar 2013
- upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- x-refs; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton