Νεανικόν
youth's
Translated by Catharine Roth19 Dec 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Meaning [something] large, and able to feed a young man. Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "if you provide and give me some well-baked bread to eat, and a youth's hunk of meat [...]".1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νεανικόν· ἀντὶ τοῦ μέγα, καὶ δυνάμενον χορτάσαι νεανίαν. Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ· εἴ μοι πορίσας ἄρτον τιν' εὖ πεπεμμένον δοίης καταφαγεῖν, καὶ κρέας νεανικόν.
Betacode
*neaniko/n: a)nti\ tou= me/ga, kai\ duna/menon xorta/sai neani/an. *)aristofa/nhs *plou/tw|: ei)/ moi pori/sas a)/rton tin' eu)= pepemme/non doi/hs katafagei=n, kai\ kre/as neaniko/n.
Notes (1)
- The headword adjective, neuter singular, is extracted from the quotation.
- 1Aristophanes, Plutus/Wealth 1136-7 (web address 1), and scholion. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 8 Sep 2014
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- another note and keyword — David Whitehead
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- changed one word — Catharine Roth
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth