Μελεάγρια
meleagria
Translated by Catharine Roth3 May 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μελεάγρια· ῥίζαις αὐτοὺς μελεαγρίων καὶ καρδίαις καλάμων ἐδεξιοῦτο. λέγονται δὲ καὶ μελέαγρα.
Betacode
*melea/gria: r(i/zais au)tou\s meleagri/wn kai\ kardi/ais kala/mwn e)deciou=to. le/gontai de\ kai\ mele/agra.
Notes (2)
- The headword, presumably generated by the quotation given, is the nominative/accusative plural of a neuter noun meleagrion, which perhaps originated as a misinterpretation of
me/li a)/grion "wild honey" eaten by John the Baptist (Matthew 3.4). - 1Evidently an ascetic entertaining guests with food from wild plants. Quotation attributed to Symeon Metaphrastes by Adler, who notes that Angelo Mai (1782-1854) adduced PG 115.932a. See also mu 443 (Cyril?). Alternatively, in the TLG, see Menologii Imperiales Hagiogr., Fragmentum vitae deperditae sancti Euthymii 38.4; St. Euthymius' diet of wild foods is mentioned also at mu 117. ↩
- 2Or melagria (mu 443). ↩
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- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented primary note — Catharine Roth
- another note; another keyword — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth