Μάζης ὤνιον
on sale for a barley-loaf
Translated by Catharine Roth6 May 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Referring to] a sale of bread.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μάζης ὤνιον· ἄρτου πρᾶσις.
Betacode
*ma/zhs w)/nion: a)/rtou pra=sis.
Notes
- Same entry in Hesychius (mu48), Photius (mu19 Theodoridis), and the Lexica Segueriana. Otherwise, as a TLG search shows, the headword phrase is only attested in -- and thus surely quoted from -- Gregory of Nazianzus, Encomium of St. Athanasius 21.16 (PG 35.1100). It is a derogatory expression applied to Georgios, the Arian bishop of Alexandria; cf. kappa 325.
Linked from4 entries
- κ325ΚαππάδοξKappadokian, CappadocianAlone of the [nouns ending] in -ox [this is spelled] with omicron. The nominative is also said *kappado/khs. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] *kappado/kion te/ras ["Cappadocian monster"].
- λ324Λευκὴν μᾶζαν φυρῶ σοιI am mixing you a white barley-cakeA proverb in reference to those promising great things.
- μ30Μάδδανbarley-cake[ma/dda means the same as] ma/za, [i.e.] nourishment. The Megarians [say it] this way 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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- typo — Catharine Roth
- coding — David Whitehead
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- Another keyword — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth