Λαταγεῖα
wine-vessels
Translated by Catharine Roth1 Feb 2009Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
and [sc. also attested] in the feminine [accusative plural], la/tagas ["wine-drops"].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λαταγεῖα· καὶ θηλυκῶς λάταγας.
Betacode
*latagei=a: kai\ qhlukw=s la/tagas.
Notes
- From a scholion on Aristophanes, Peace 343 (where the verb
kottabi/zein occurs), which has the nominative pluralla/tages .
Seela/tac at lambda 143; also more about the game of kottabos at kappa 2152, kappa 2153 (which includes the present neuter-plural headword, otherwise unattested) and kappa 2154.
Linked from3 entries
- κ2153Κοτταβίζεινto play kottabos[Meaning] to play a game. They used to toss a drink up, throwing it into bronze bowls, which are called latageia; and if a louder sound occurred, they thought that [the player] was loved by his lovers. Kottabos is what…
- κ2154Κότταβοςkottabos, cottabus[Meaning] a drop of wine. A bronze bowl, which during dinner they set full of wine, then pouring into small cups they used to toss [wine] from a height [into it] so as to make a noise, which was called kottabos; the…
- λ143Λάταξwine-drip[Meaning] a big drop [of wine]. In the Epigrams: "but the drunkards I will leave behind, those who delight in the twinings of wine-drops."
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Revision history2 revisions · last 3 Apr 2013
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- expanded note; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth