Πηκτή
cream-cheese
Translated by Philip Rance20 Feb 2012Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
In the Epigrams: "to Peitho and the Paphian [goddess] a cream-cheese and honeycombs from beehives [. . .] the cowherd has dedicated".1
And a type of licentious contrivance.2
Also [sc. attested is the plural]phktai/, a hunting tool in Aristophanes.3
And a type of licentious contrivance.2
Also [sc. attested is the plural]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πηκτή. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· πειθοῖ καὶ Παφίᾳ πακτὰν καὶ κηρία σίμβλων ἀνέθηκεν ὁ βουκόλος. καὶ εἶδος ἀκολάστου σχήματος. καὶ Πηκταί, θηρευτικὸν ὄργανον παρὰ Ἀριστοφάνει.
Betacode
*phkth/. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: peiqoi= kai\ *pafi/a| pakta\n kai\ khri/a si/mblwn a)ne/qhken o( bouko/los. kai\ ei)=dos a)kola/stou sxh/matos. kai\ *phktai/, qhreutiko\n o)/rganon para\ *)aristofa/nei.
Notes (3)
- The headword, not found in related lexica, is a feminine singular substantive of the adjective
phkto/s , of which the essential meaning is "fixed", "set" or "compacted". The usage ofphkth/ in relation to cream-cheese conveys the sense of congealed or curdled milk. For this adjective in a different context see pi 1503. For other definitions see LSJ s.v. - 1Greek Anthology 6.55.1, 3 (omitting line 2 and parts of 3), an epigram by John Barbucallus. The same verses are quoted at sigma 426. Writing in the mid-sixth century, John sought to imitate the bucolic poetry of Theocritus, hence the occurrence of the Doric form
pakta/ (cf. Theocritus, Idylls 11.20). For 'the Paphian [goddess]' see generally pi 825. ↩ - 2This gloss, apparently inserted here in error by an editor or copyist, relates not to
phkth/ but to the following headwordphkti/s, a type of stringed musical instrument. See pi 1502, where the gloss is duplicated. ↩ - 3Aristophanes, Birds 528, where
phkth/ means a net or cage for catching birds. The term presumably derives from its compact mesh. See also Aristotle, History of Animals 614a12. ↩
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- Added notes and keywords — Philip Rance
- Translated — Philip Rance