Καταχύσματα
outpourings, showerings
Translated by David Whitehead17 Jul 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
It was a custom at Athens, whenever a newly-bought slave entered the house, for the master or mistress to pour a lot of dried figs and nuts over him; these they used to call outpourings. But they say that this also happened to those serving for the first time as envoys and cult-representatives, when they did this for the first time.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Καταχύσματα· ἔθος ἦν Ἀθήνησιν, ὅτε νεώνητος οἰκέτης εἰσάγοιτο εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν, τὸν δεσπότην ἢ τὴν δέσποιναν ἰσχάδων καὶ καρύων πλῆθος καταχεῖν αὐτοῦ· ἃ καταχύσματα ἐκάλουν. φασὶ δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν πρῶτον πρεσβευόντων καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν θεωρῶν τοῦτο γίνεσθαι, ὅτε πρῶτον τοῦτο ἐποίουν.
Betacode
*kataxu/smata: e)/qos h)=n *)aqh/nhsin, o(/te new/nhtos oi)ke/ths ei)sa/goito ei)s th\n oi)ki/an, to\n despo/thn h)\ th\n de/spoinan i)sxa/dwn kai\ karu/wn plh=qos kataxei=n au)tou=: a(\ kataxu/smata e)ka/loun. fasi\ de\ kai\ e)pi\ tw=n prw=ton presbeuo/ntwn kai\ e)pi\ tw=n qewrw=n tou=to gi/nesqai, o(/te prw=ton tou=to e)poi/oun.
Notes
Linked from2 entries
- κ876Κατάχυσμαpouring-sauce[Meaning] soup, from the [verb] xe/esqai ["to be poured"]. In effect, kata/xuma.
- κ878Καταχύσματαoutpourings, showeringsIt was a custom, among the Athenians, of newly-bought slaves entering first into the house, or simply of those for whom they wanted to presage something good, and they used to pour out sweetmeats for a bridegroom by the…
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