Μελίνη

meline, millet

Translated by Catharine Roth11 May 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

3 notes · 39 words
A kind of pulse.1
"There was also bread [made] from millet, for this was abundant in the country."2 And elsewhere: "they were fearlessly carrying off wine, pulses, millets, figs. For the country had all good things except olive oil."3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μελίνη· εἶδος ὀσπρίου. ἦν δὲ καὶ σῖτος ἀπὸ μελίνης, τοῦτο γὰρ ἦν ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ πλεῖστον. καὶ αὖθις· ἐφέροντο ἀδεῶς οἶνον, ὄσπρια, μελίνας, σῦκα. πάντα γὰρ ἀγαθὰ εἶχεν ἡ χώρα πλὴν ἐλαίου.

Betacode
*meli/nh: ei)=dos o)spri/ou. h)=n de\ kai\ si=tos a)po\ meli/nhs, tou=to ga\r h)=n e)n th=| xw/ra| plei=ston. kai\ au)=qis: e)fe/ronto a)dew=s oi)=non, o)/spria, meli/nas, su=ka. pa/nta ga\r a)gaqa\ ei)=xen h( xw/ra plh\n e)lai/ou.

Notes (3)

  1. See also mu 507.
  2. 1Likewise in other lexica (seen the references at Photius mu235 Theodoridis), and cf. also a scholion on Xenophon, Anabasis 1.5.10 (ed. Dindorf). ↩
  3. 2Xenophon, Anabasis 1.5.10; near the city of Charmande, on the Euphrates (web address 1). ↩
  4. 3Xenophon, Anabasis 6.6.1 (web address 2). ↩

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μ504Μελίαιash [spears]μ505Μελιηδήςhoney-sweetμ506Μελίνηmeline, milletμ507Μελίνηmeline, milletμ508Μελίπηκταhoney-cakes
Revision history3 revisions · last 19 May 2013
  1. upgraded links — Catharine Roth
  2. tweaking — David Whitehead
  3. tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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