Μεθυσοκότταβοι
kottabos-drunkards
Translated by Catharine Roth1 Feb 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
A drop of wine, a bronze bowl; which during dinner they set full of wine, then pouring wine into small cups they used to toss [drops] from a height into it so as to make a noise, which was called kottabos. The [drop] which made the biggest noise was praised. So out of this [comes the word] methusokottaboi ["kottabos-drunkards"].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μεθυσοκότταβοι· λάταξ, χαλκῆ φιάλη· ἣν μεταξὺ τοῦ δείπνου ἐτίθεσαν οἴνου πεπληρωμένην, εἶτα εἰς μικρὰ ποτήρια ἐμβαλόντες οἶνον, εἰς ταύτην ἀπὸ ὕψους ἐρρίπτουν ἐπὶ τῷ ψόφον ἐκτελέσαι, ὃς ἐκαλεῖτο κότταβος. ἐπῃνεῖτο δὲ ὁ μείζονα ψόφον ποιῶν. ἐκ τούτου οὖν μεθυσοκότταβος.
Betacode
*mequsoko/ttaboi: la/tac, xalkh= fia/lh: h(\n metacu\ tou= dei/pnou e)ti/qesan oi)/nou peplhrwme/nhn, ei)=ta ei)s mikra\ poth/ria e)mbalo/ntes oi)=non, ei)s tau/thn a)po\ u(/yous e)rri/ptoun e)pi\ tw=| yo/fon e)ktele/sai, o(\s e)kalei=to ko/ttabos. e)ph|nei=to de\ o( mei/zona yo/fon poiw=n. e)k tou/tou ou)=n mequsoko/ttabos.
Notes
- From a scholion on Aristophanes, Acharnians 525, where the nominative plural headword occurs (web address 1); cf. kappa 2154.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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