Μεῖον
lamb
Translated by David Whitehead7 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μεῖον. καὶ Μειαγωγός. Ἰσαῖος ἐν τῷ πρὸς Στρατοκλέα φησί· παρέστη μεῖον. θῦμα δέ ἐστιν, ὃ τοῖς φράτορσι παρεῖχον οἱ τοὺς παῖδας εἰσάγοντες εἰς τούτους. ὅθεν τὰ μὲν ἱερεῖα μεῖον προσηγορεύθη.
Betacode
*mei=on. kai\ *meiagwgo/s. *)isai=os e)n tw=| pro\s *stratokle/a fhsi/: pare/sth mei=on. qu=ma de/ e)stin, o(\ toi=s fra/torsi parei=xon oi( tou\s pai=das ei)sa/gontes ei)s tou/tous. o(/qen ta\ me\n i(erei=a mei=on proshgoreu/qh.
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Linked from4 entries
- μ827Μειαγωγεῖνto lamb-bring[Meaning] to furnish less. Also [sc. attested is the related neuter noun] meiagwgei=on.
- 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…
- μ851Μεῖονlamb, meion[A term for] the victim sacrificed on behalf of boys being enrolled amongst their phratry-members, not exhibited [as] greater than a certain weight; even if it were greater, the phratry-members would cry 'meion' at it;…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 18 May 2016
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, set status — William Hutton
- Translated — David Whitehead