Πανδαισία
pandaisia, all-in feast
Translated by David Whitehead13 Dec 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πανδαισία· ἡ δαψιλὴς καὶ κραταιὰ εὐωχία. μᾶζα δέ ἐστιν ὁ στριφνὸς ἄρτος. ἢ Πανδαισία ἐστίν, ὅταν δεῖπνον ἕκαστος αὑτῷ κομίζων κατατιθῆται, καὶ πάντες πάντων μετέχωσιν. ἢ Πανδαισία, ἡ πάντα ἔχουσα ἄφθονα καὶ μηδὲν ἐλλείπουσα ἐν τῇ δαιτί.
Betacode
*pandaisi/a: h( dayilh\s kai\ krataia\ eu)wxi/a. ma=za de/ e)stin o( strifno\s a)/rtos. h)\ *pandaisi/a e)sti/n, o(/tan dei=pnon e(/kastos au(tw=| komi/zwn katatiqh=tai, kai\ pa/ntes pa/ntwn mete/xwsin. h)\ *pandaisi/a, h( pa/nta e)/xousa a)/fqona kai\ mhde\n e)llei/pousa e)n th=| daiti/.
Notes (2)
External resources
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Linked from5 entries
- μ34Μᾶζαbarley-cake[Meaning] bread, dough. Or tough bread. "Whoever eats barley bread, eats the barley cake mixed with water; but whoever eats wheaten bread, eats bread moistened with water." The Megarians [say] ma/dda with two deltas.
- π166Πανδαισίαcomplete banquet"How fine, o Poseidon, [is] their array and crowded and grim, just like a barley-cake and a complete banquet."
- π168Πανδαισίαςof an all-in feast, of a complete banquet[Meaning] of a lavish table, of an entertainment.
- π169Πανδαίσιονall-in feast, complete banquet[Meaning] a lavish table.
- σ1203Στριφνόςfirm, hard, tough[Meaning] tight-bound, solid.
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Revision history6 revisions · last 13 Aug 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- typo, upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- rearranged and expanded notes; more keywords — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- augmented note — David Whitehead
- Added link; cosmetics; set status — Elizabeth Vandiver
- Translated — David Whitehead