Νηφάλιοι θυσίαι
sober sacrifices
Translated by Catharine Roth8 May 2007Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning those] in which wine is not poured as a libation, but water mixed with honey.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νηφάλιοι θυσίαι· ἐν αἷς οἶνος οὐ σπένδεται, ἀλλὰ ὕδωρ μελίκρατον.
Betacode
*nhfa/lioi qusi/ai: e)n ai(=s oi)=nos ou) spe/ndetai, a)lla\ u(/dwr meli/kraton.
Notes
Linked from4 entries
- ν354Νηφαλέοςsober[Meaning] one who is self-controlled. And the feminine [is] nhfale/a. People nowadays [spell it] nhfa/lios with iota.
- ν355Νηφάλια ξύλαwine-less timbers, wine-less woods[Meaning] those not from vines or fig-trees or myrtles; for those are called "offered with wine" [oi)no/sponda]. As being burned when not water but wine is poured.
- 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 19 May 2016
- my typo — David Whitehead
- tweaked note; more keywords — David Whitehead
- note; another keyword — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth