Μειαγωγεῖν
to lamb-bring
Translated by David Whitehead5 Jul 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to furnish less.1 Also [sc. attested is the related neuter noun] meiagwgei=on .
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μειαγωγεῖν· τὸ ἔλαττον φέρειν. καὶ Μειαγωγεῖον.
Betacode
*meiagwgei=n: to\ e)/latton fe/rein. kai\ *meiagwgei=on.
Notes (1)
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- μ828Μειαγωγήσουσι τὴν τραγῳδίανthey will lamb-bring the tragedy; they will weigh the tragedyIf anyone introduced his son, having come of age, to his phratry-members, a sacrificial victim was presented in a weight prescribed as the one that had to be met, and bringing less was not permitted. When the victim was…
- μ829Μειαγωγίαlamb-bringingAlso [sc. attested is] 'lamb-bringer', [meaning] he who is bringing [it] in. Apollodoros in his [volumes] On gods [writes] that "phratry-members, wishing to be allotted bigger portions, used to stand and shout that it…
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