Ὀζωτά
sour
Translated by Amanda Aponte5 Nov 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes is speaking about Euripides: "sour and pungent;"1 [things] which, as the same [writer] says, "these are strong seasoning for meat when it is high."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὀζωτά· Ἀριστοφάνης περὶ Εὐριπίδου φησίν· ὀζωτὰ καὶ στιλφωτά· ἅπερ, ὡς αὐτός φησι, καταπυγοσύνη ταῦτά ἐστι πρὸς κρέας μέγα.
Betacode
*)ozwta/: *)aristofa/nhs peri\ *eu)ripi/dou fhsi/n: o)zwta\ kai\ stilfwta/: a(/per, w(s au)to/s fhsi, katapugosu/nh tau=ta/ e)sti pro\s kre/as me/ga.
Notes (2)
- From Diogenes Laertius 4.18; cf. Pollux 6.69.
- 1These two adjectives exist nowhere else in Greek literature in the forms transmitted here, which are the result of copyist's errors. The first should be not
o)zwta/ buto)cwta/ , i.e. something made sour-tasting by vinegar. The second should be notstilfwta/ butsilfiwta/ , i.e. derived from silphion/silphium (sigma 422, sigma 423). ↩ - 2From later in the same fragment of Aristophanes' lost play Geras. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 19 May 2016
- tweaks — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- modified tr; augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Amanda Aponte