Ναστόν
firm
Translated by David Whitehead10 Aug 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[sc. Something] thick, chunky, full, not having anything light [about it].1
It differs from 'loose'.
For 'loose' [means something] scarce, porous, or ascending, like a flame.
Because it comes from the [phrase]mh\ e(/n ei)=nai ["not being one"].
But nastos as a masculine [is] a flatcake, or hot bread [made] with olive-oil. Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "for a well-baked flatcake used to come to you".2
And such [is]nasto/s with oxytone accent; its base-form [is] na/sasqai in the Odyssey.3 However, *na/stos [pronounced] with barytone accent [sc. with no accent on the final syllable] [is] a city of Thrace, also called Nestos.4
It differs from 'loose'.
For 'loose' [means something] scarce, porous, or ascending, like a flame.
Because it comes from the [phrase]
But nastos as a masculine [is] a flatcake, or hot bread [made] with olive-oil. Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "for a well-baked flatcake used to come to you".2
And such [is]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ναστόν· πυκνόν, μεστόν, πλῆρες, μὴ ἔχον ὑπόκουφόν τι. διαφέρει τοῦ μανοῦ. τὸ γὰρ μανόν, ἀραιόν, χαῦνον, ἢ ἀνωφερές, ὡς φλόξ. ὅτι γίνεται παρὰ τὸ μὴ ἓν εἶναι. Ναστὸς δὲ ἀρσενικῶς πλακοῦς, ἢ θερμὸς ἄρτος μετ' ἐλαίου. Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ· ἧκε γὰρ ἄν σοι ναστὸς εὖ πεπεμμένος. καὶ τοιοῦτον μὲν ὁ ἐν ὀξείᾳ τάσει ναστός· οὗ θέμα τὸ ἐν Ὀδυσσείᾳ νάσασθαι. Νάστος μέντοι βαρυτόνως πόλις Θρᾴκης, ἣ ἐλέγετο καὶ Νέστος.
Betacode
*nasto/n: pukno/n, mesto/n, plh=res, mh\ e)/xon u(po/koufo/n ti. diafe/rei tou= manou=. to\ ga\r mano/n, a)raio/n, xau=non, h)\ a)nwfere/s, w(s flo/c. o(/ti gi/netai para\ to\ mh\ e(\n ei)=nai. *nasto\s de\ a)rsenikw=s plakou=s, h)\ qermo\s a)/rtos met' e)lai/ou. *)aristofa/nhs *plou/tw|: h(=ke ga\r a)/n soi nasto\s eu)= pepemme/nos. kai\ toiou=ton me\n o( e)n o)cei/a| ta/sei nasto/s: ou(= qe/ma to\ e)n *)odussei/a| na/sasqai. *na/stos me/ntoi baruto/nws po/lis *qra/|khs, h(\ e)le/geto kai\ *ne/stos.
Notes (4)
- On the initial distinction here see already mu 157 (and mu 158). See also nu 177 (end).
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica: see the references at Photius nu30 Theodoridis, where the editor suggests that the headword -- neuter singular of this adjective -- is extracted from Basil of Caesarea, Homilies on the Hexameron 3.4 (PG 29.60d) or 9.8 (PG 29.72b). There are numerous alternatives, however. ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 1142, with scholion. ↩
- 3Though the aorist infinitive
na/sasqai as such does not occur in the work, the passage in question here is presumably Homer, Odyssey 21.122,a)mfi\ de\ gai=an e)/nace (wheree)/nace is the aorist ofna/ssw ). ↩ - 4cf. Stephanus of Byzantium s.v., citing Apollodorus (FGrH 244 F320). Otherwise unattested. ↩
Linked from3 entries
- μ157Μανόνloose, open-textured, rare, sparse[Meaning something] scarce, porous; or ascending, like a flame. And the madman [mainomenos] [is] one who is not strong in the mind; and manna gets its name from being worn through. "And when the reeds have become porous…
- μ158Μανόνloose, open-textured, rare, sparse"Loose" differs from "firm". See under "firm".
- ν177Νένακτοhad been crammed[Meaning he/she/it] had been filled. Josephus [writes]: "[he] rushed in together with the enemies; and every house had been crammed with infantrymen, and the roofs were full of raging people." [Formed] out of the [verb]…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 16 Jan 2016
- tweaked translation, coding — Catharine Roth
- more notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- augmented n.3; another keyword — David Whitehead
- tweaks, cross-reference, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead