Μυστίλην
bread-scoop, bread-sop, bread bowl
Translated by David Whitehead30 Jul 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning a] scrap of bread. A hollow loaf, which they used to make in order to gulp down broth in it.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μυστίλην· ψωμόν. κοῖλον ἄρτον, ὃν ἐποίουν, ἵνα ζωμὸν ἐν αὐτῷ ῥοφῶσι.
Betacode
*musti/lhn: ywmo/n. koi=lon a)/rton, o(\n e)poi/oun, i(/na zwmo\n e)n au)tw=| r(ofw=si.
Notes
Linked from2 entries
- μ582Μεμυστιλημένοιhaving scooped bread to eat soupHaving feasted, having drawn up soup with bread-pieces which are hollow and resemble spoons. Hence also the name [sc. given] to spoons (mustrion), which is something like a piece of bread for scooping soup (mustilion).…
- μ1487Μυστιλᾶταιladles out[Meaning he/she/it] eats up. In a special sense a musti/lh is the name for bread thrown to the dogs. Also [sc. attested is the participle] memustilhme/nas ["scooped-out" ones], meaning [ones] already prepared and ready,…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 30 May 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- supplemented translation, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead