Φιλοτησία
friendship-cup
Translated by Catharine Roth19 Dec 2010Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φιλοτησία· φιλία, δεξίωσις. Αἰλιανός· δοκεῖ τῷ δήμῳ διαμετρεῖν φιλοτησίαν τήνδε.
Betacode
*filothsi/a: fili/a, deci/wsis. *ai)liano/s: dokei= tw=| dh/mw| diametrei=n filothsi/an th/nde.
Notes (2)
Linked from4 entries
- π2563Προπίνειdrinks to [someone], offers a toast[Meaning he/she] honors with wine and betrays. And Demosthenes said that those who had betrayed their fatherlands to their enemies were offering a toast to their enemies. Also Aristophanes [writes]: "come, let me see,…
- π2564Προπίνεινto drink first, to drink a toastThe ancient kings, when they celebrated a public festival, used to mix [wine] in golden or silver bowls and receive them themselves from the wine steward; they drank a little from the cup, since this was a sign of great…
- φ427Φιλοτησίαfriendship-cup, loving-cup[Meaning] the bowl which is given [sc. to drinkers] in the symposia. For during the drinking they gave each other a drinking-cup as a sign of affection. This they used to call a loving-cup; so Hyperides says, and…
- φ428Φιλοτησίαςof a friendship-cup[Meaning] of a friendly greeting with the right hand. "The Aetolians brought the wine to Athens, wishing to have a share of a friendship-cup, the one from the god, along with the foster-children of Athena."
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Revision history4 revisions · last 12 Dec 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- updated reference in note 2 — Catharine Roth
- corrected a reference — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth