Μεῖον
lamb, meion
Translated by David Whitehead7 Jul 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[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; and the man providing this [was called a] meiagwgo/s .
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μεῖον· τὸ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐγγραφομένων παίδων εἰς τοὺς φράτορας θυόμενον ἱερεῖον, οὐ μείζονος ἀποδεδειγμένου τινος σταθμοῦ· ᾧ ἐπεφθέγγοντο οἱ φράτορες, εἰ καὶ μεῖζον εἴη, ὅτι μεῖον· καὶ μειαγωγὸς ὁ τοῦτο παρέχων.
Betacode
*mei=on: to\ u(pe\r tw=n e)ggrafome/nwn pai/dwn ei)s tou\s fra/toras quo/menon i(erei=on, ou) mei/zonos a)podedeigme/nou tinos staqmou=: w(=| e)pefqe/ggonto oi( fra/tores, ei) kai\ mei=zon ei)/h, o(/ti mei=on: kai\ meiagwgo\s o( tou=to pare/xwn.
Notes
Linked from3 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…
- μ849Μεῖονlamb['lamb'] and 'lamb-bringer'. Isaeus in the [speech] In reply to Stratocles says: "a lamb appeared". It is a sacrifice which those who were introducing their sons to their fellow phatry-members used to provide for them.…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 20 May 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- tweak, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead