Μήκων

ink-sac; poppyseed; Mekon, Meco

Translated by David Whitehead7 Apr 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

4 notes · 50 words

A particular part of the innards of the fish [sc. known as] the octopus,¹ which lies above the belly, just like a bladder, and holds the ink in it. So says Aelian in the [treatise] On Animals.²
It also means a kind of seed,³ and [it is] a proper name.⁴

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μήκων· μέρος τι τῶν ἐντοσθίων τοῦ πολύποδος τοῦ ἰχθύος· ὃς κεῖται ἐπάνω τῆς κοιλίας, οἱονεὶ κύστις, ἐν ἑαυτῇ ἔχουσα τὸν θολὸν, ὥς φησιν Αἰλιανὸς ἐν τῷ Περὶ ζῴων. σημαίνει δὲ καὶ εἶδος σπέρματος, καὶ ὄνομα κύριον.

Betacode

*mh/kwn: me/ros ti tw=n e)ntosqi/wn tou= polu/podos tou= i)xqu/os: o(\s kei=tai e)pa/nw th=s koili/as, oi(onei\ ku/stis, e)n e(auth=| e)/xousa to\n qolo\n, w(/s fhsin *ai)liano\s e)n tw=| *peri\ zw/|wn. shmai/nei de\ kai\ ei)=dos spe/rmatos, kai\ o)/noma ku/rion.

Notes (4)

1Or here, more exactly, the cuttlefish. ↩
2Not independently extant in Aelian; see rather Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 7.316D (= 7.101 Kaibel), citing Aristotle (fr. 315 Rose). ↩
3Of the poppy; cf. sigma 339, upsilon 742 (and mu 914). ↩
4Only attested as the addressee of Theophylact Simocatta, Epistle 20. ↩

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μ910Μῆκος φάλαγγοςphalanx' length μ911Μηκώμενοςbleating μ912Μήκωνink-sac; poppyseed; Mekon, Meco μ913ΜηκώνηMekone, Mecone μ914Μηκωνοειδέςpoppy-like, poppy-shaped

Revision history4 revisions · last 15 Jan 2015

15 Jan 2015coding — Catharine Roth
21 May 2013Revised — David Whitehead
7 Apr 2008tweaked tr; augmented notes — David Whitehead
7 Apr 2008tweaks, augmented notes added keyword, raised status — William Hutton
7 Apr 2008Translated — David Whitehead

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

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