Μύκητα
fungi, moulds
Translated by David Whitehead5 Aug 2009Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μύκητα· καὶ Μύκητες, ἀναστήματά τινα σπογγοειδῆ περὶ τὴν θρυαλλίδα. καὶ οἱ ἀμανῖται. καὶ ἡ λαβὴ τοῦ ξίφους. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· μήποτε λύχνε μύκητα φέροις μηδ' ὄμβρον ἐγείροις.
Betacode
*mu/khta: kai\ *mu/khtes, a)nasth/mata/ tina spoggoeidh= peri\ th\n qrualli/da. kai\ oi( a)mani=tai. kai\ h( labh\ tou= ci/fous. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: mh/pote lu/xne mu/khta fe/rois mhd' o)/mbron e)gei/rois.
Notes (4)
- Though the primary headword seems to be presented here as neuter plural, it is more probably accusative singular (of
mu/khs , on which see generally LSJ s.v.). - 1cf. the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 262, where
mu/khtes occurs. MacDowell ad loc writes: "'fungus', 'snuff', produced on the wicks of the lamps by the damp atmosphere". ↩ - 2See LSJ s.v., and cf. under omicron 541. ↩
- 3More exactly, the knobby end of the scabbard, as in e.g. Herodotus 3.64.3. ↩
- 4Greek Anthology 5.263.1 (Agathias Scholasticus), a woman's night lamp symbolizes her lover's possible failure to rendezvous. Find another quote from this epigram at theta 433. ↩
References
D.M.MacDowell (ed.), Aristophanes: Wasps (Oxford, OUP: 1971)
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