Μάδδαν
barley-cake
Translated by Catharine Roth12 Oct 2005Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[ma/dda means the same as] ma/za , [i.e.] nourishment. The Megarians [say it] this way with two deltas.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μάδδαν· μάζαν, τροφήν. οὕτως οἱ Μεγαρεῖς διὰ δύο δδ.
Betacode
*ma/ddan: ma/zan, trofh/n. ou(/tws oi( *megarei=s dia\ du/o dd.
Notes
- From a scholion on Aristophanes, Acharnians 732, where the headword, accusative case there and again here, is used by a Megarian (web address 1). See again under mu 34, and cf. also mu 35, mu 36.
According to Buck [below] p.71, "Megariandd is doubtful (Aristophanes Acharniansma=dda, xrh/ddw , but onlyz in inscriptions)."
References
Carl Darling Buck, The Greek Dialects (Chicago, 1973)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- μ34Μᾶζαbarley-cake[Meaning] bread, dough. Or tough bread. "Whoever eats barley bread, eats the barley cake mixed with water; but whoever eats wheaten bread, eats bread moistened with water." The Megarians [say] ma/dda with two deltas.
- μ35Μᾶζαbarley-cakeProperly the food, the one made of milk and grain, from the [verb] to be kneaded. It is properispomenon. In reference to the dung-beetle Aristophanes has used it by misapplication. For he does not wish to denote the one…
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- Translated — Catharine Roth