Νηφάλια ξύλα
wine-less timbers, wine-less woods
Translated by Catharine Roth29 Sep 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νηφάλια ξύλα· τὰ μὴ ἀμπέλινα μήτε σύκινα μήτε μύρσινα· ἐκεῖνα γὰρ οἰνόσπονδα λέγεται. ὡς καιόμενα, ὅτε μὴ ὕδωρ, ἀλλὰ οἶνος σπένδεται.
Betacode
*nhfa/lia cu/la: ta\ mh\ a)mpe/lina mh/te su/kina mh/te mu/rsina: e)kei=na ga\r oi)no/sponda le/getai. w(s kaio/mena, o(/te mh\ u(/dwr, a)lla\ oi)=nos spe/ndetai.
Notes (2)
- See also nu 356, nu 357.
- 1The headword phrase, in the neuter plural, has the same glossing in Hesychius (nu546) and Photius (nu 212 Theodoridis). See also Michael Apostolius 12.9 and other paroemiographers; and cf. Pollux 6.26, and the historians Philochorus and Crates. ↩
- 2This addendum (for which cf. nu 357) is lacking in ms AFV; in the margin of ms M. ↩
Linked from3 entries
- ν354Νηφαλέοςsober[Meaning] one who is self-controlled. And the feminine [is] nhfale/a. People nowadays [spell it] nhfa/lios with iota.
- ν356Νηφάλιος θυσίαsober sacrifice[A sober sacrifice] was offered among [the] Athenians to Mnemosyne, Dawn, Sun, Moon, Nymphs, Aphrodite Ourania, as Polemon says. And xu/la nhfa/lia ["sober timbers"] [is what they call timbers] which are not from…
- ν358Νηφαλισμόςsobriety[Meaning] attentiveness.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 9 Jun 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- typos (mine) in n.1, noticed by a reader — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth