Οἰκίσκῳ
in an oikiskos
Translated by David Whitehead21 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Meaning in a sort of little house. Demosthenes in the speech About Ktesiphon [uses the word].1 But the Attic writers used to call [also] to call an oikiskos what we call an aviary.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οἰκίσκῳ· ἀντὶ τοῦ μικρῷ τινι οἴκῳ. Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ περὶ Κτησιφῶντος. ἐκάλουν δὲ οἱ Ἀττικοὶ τὸ ὑφ' ἡμῶν λεγόμενον ὀρνίθων τροφεῖον οἰκίσκον.
Betacode
*oi)ki/skw|: a)nti\ tou= mikrw=| tini oi)/kw|. *dhmosqe/nhs e)n tw=| peri\ *kthsifw=ntos. e)ka/loun de\ oi( *)attikoi\ to\ u(f' h(mw=n lego/menon o)rni/qwn trofei=on oi)ki/skon.
Notes (2)
- Abridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v.
- 1Demosthenes 18.97. (The Suda's 'About'
peri/ should of course be 'On Behalf of'u(pe/r .) ↩ - 2Harpok. cites comic poetry for this. ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 5 Aug 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- modified translation; cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead