Μίνθα
mint
Translated by Catharine Roth27 Feb 2009Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] that which among us [is called] heduosmon; but some [sc. equate it with] thyme.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μίνθα· τὸ παρ' ἡμῖν ἡδύοσμον· οἱ δὲ τὸν θύμον.
Betacode
*mi/nqa: to\ par' h(mi=n h(du/osmon: oi( de\ to\n qu/mon.
Notes
- From a scholion on Aristophanes, Frogs 1075, where a cognate verb appears.
cf. eta 112, mu 1083.
Linked from3 entries
- μ1083Μίνθηmint[Meaning] calamint, heduosmos, a sweet-smelling plant.
- μ1084Μινθῶσαιto smear with dung[Meaning] to impart a smell, to fill with a stench, to befoul.
- μ1085Μινθώσομενwe will smear with dung[Meaning] we will befoul with excrement; for mi/nqos ["mint"] [is] a flower occuring in excrement, which goats enjoy. Alternatively human excrement [sc. is called] mi/nqos, which the herdsmen use rubbing it [to prevent]…
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Revision history2 revisions · last 23 May 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- supplemented tr; augmented note — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth