Περίδειπνον

funeral-feast

Translated by William Hutton29 Sep 2011Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 20 words

Translation

Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "funeral-feast of the dead."1
"And this they were feasting on [as] the first funeral-feast."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Περίδειπνον. καὶ Περίδειπνον τὸ νεκρῶν. καὶ τοῦτο ἐδείπνουν τὸ πρῶτον περίδειπνον.

Betacode
*peri/deipnon. kai\ *peri/deipnon to\ nekrw=n. kai\ tou=to e)dei/pnoun to\ prw=ton peri/deipnon. 

Notes (2)

  1. The unglossed headword is a neuter noun, occurring in Demosthenes (18.288) and elsewhere; see LSJ s.v., and cf. under tau 192.
  2. 1Otherwise unattested. ↩
  3. 2Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggests Symeon Metaphrastes.) ↩

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Revision history2 revisions · last 24 Sep 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — William Hutton

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