Πινακοπώλης

board-seller

Translated by David Whitehead9 Mar 2010Vetting: high6 revisions

30 words
[Meaning] a bird-seller. [So called] because they used to put the choice parts of birds on boards and sell them. Or [sc. because] a pinax [is] a kind of bird.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πινακοπώλης· ὁ ὀρνεοπώλης. ὅτι τὰ λιπαρὰ τῶν ὀρνέων ἐπὶ πινάκων τιθέντες ἐπώλουν. ἢ πίναξ, εἶδος ὀρνέου.

Betacode
*pinakopw/lhs: o( o)rneopw/lhs. o(/ti ta\ lipara\ tw=n o)rne/wn e)pi\ pina/kwn tiqe/ntes e)pw/loun. h)\ pi/nac, ei)=dos o)rne/ou.

Notes

  1. From the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 14 (web address 1), where this word is applied to a man called Philocrates. (The first of the two explanations given is the correct one.)
    See also phi 381.

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Neighbouring entries

π1612Πινάκιονlittle boardπ1613Πινακίοιςon boardsπ1614Πινακοπώληςboard-sellerπ1615Πίναξboardπ1616Πιναράsqualid
Revision history6 revisions · last 10 Sep 2021
  1. added a link — Catharine Roth
  2. x-ref — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. expanded note; tweaks — David Whitehead
  5. expanded note; another keyword — David Whitehead
  6. set status — Catharine Roth
  7. Translated — David Whitehead

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