Κάρδοπος
kneading-trough
Translated by Ryan Stone18 Mar 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a mortar of [= for] wheat-meal.1
A trough, in which they used to knead the loaves. Or a small tub, in which [it was] customary to knead and mix up the barley-groats.ka/rdopos is feminine. Aristophanes [writes]: "you call kardopos masculine, just like [sc. you do] Kleonymos". Some call [it] masculine; for he was woman-like.2
A trough, in which they used to knead the loaves. Or a small tub, in which [it was] customary to knead and mix up the barley-groats.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κάρδοπος· ἡ μάκτρα τοῦ ἀλεύρου. μαγίς, ἐν ᾗ τοὺς ἄρτους ἔματτον. ἢ σκαφίδιον, ἐν ᾧ ἀναμάττειν καὶ ἀναφυρᾶν ἔθος τὰ ἄλφιτα. θηλυκῶς ἡ κάρδοπος. Ἀριστοφάνης. τὴν κάρδοπον ἀρσενικῶς καλεῖς, ὥσπερ Κλεώνυμον. ἀρσενικῶς καλοῦσί τινες· γυναικώδης γὰρ ἦν.
Betacode
*ka/rdopos: h( ma/ktra tou= a)leu/rou. magi/s, e)n h(=| tou\s a)/rtous e)/matton. h)\ skafi/dion, e)n w(=| a)nama/ttein kai\ a)nafura=n e)/qos ta\ a)/lfita. qhlukw=s h( ka/rdopos. *)aristofa/nhs. th\n ka/rdopon a)rsenikw=s kalei=s, w(/sper *klew/numon. a)rsenikw=s kalou=si/ tines: gunaikw/dhs ga\r h)=n.
Notes (2)
- 1Similar glosses in other lexica and scholia. ↩
- 2From the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 669 and 673-4; both passages of Aristophanes are at web address 1 below. For Kleonymos see kappa 1736. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 10 Apr 2019
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- typo — David Whitehead
- added link — Jennifer Benedict
- modifications to tr; augmented and modified notes; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ryan Stone