Πόα
grass, lye
Translated by Catharine Roth28 May 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Each [sc. kind of] plant is called thus.1 The [plant] which soaps is called po/a in Demosthenes and Lysias.2
As of those who washed in lye: thus [he] glorified Malachi.3
As of those who washed in lye: thus [he] glorified Malachi.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πόα· ἑκάστη βοτάνη οὕτως λέγεται. ἡ δὲ σμήχουσα πόα λέγεται παρὰ Δημοσθένει καὶ Λυσίᾳ. ὡς ἐν πόᾳ πλυνάντων· οὕτω Μαλαχίαν ἐδόξασε.
Betacode
*po/a: e(ka/sth bota/nh ou(/tws le/getai. h( de\ smh/xousa po/a le/getai para\ *dhmosqe/nei kai\ *lusi/a|. w(s e)n po/a| pluna/ntwn: ou(/tw *malaxi/an e)do/case.
Notes (3)
- 1Attic form; epic/Ionic
poi/h ; cf. pi 3074, pi 3076. ↩ - 2Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius pi977 Theodoridis. Both of the citations given are to passages which have not survived. 'Demosthenes' = fr. 58 Sauppe. 'Lysias' = fr. 327 Sauppe (117 Thalheim; now 504 Carey OCT). ↩
- 3Or, with Schleusner's emendation, 'thus Malachi glorified [?them]'. See in any event Malachi 3.2 LXX,
w(s po/a pluno/ntwn ("like lye of those who wash"). Adler suggests that this may be a interpolation from Symeon Metaphrastes. ↩
Linked from3 entries
- μ99ΜαλαχίαςMalachias, MalachiA proper name.
- π1854Ποηφάγον θηρίονherbivorous beast[no gloss]
- π3076Ποίηνgrass[*poi/hn means the same as] po/an, a plant. Also [sc. attested is the accusative] poihfa/gon ["grass-eating"], [meaning] her the grape-gatherer; or her who heaps up the ears after the harvesters.
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Revision history5 revisions · last 23 May 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- expanded n.3 — David Whitehead
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- more for n.2 — David Whitehead
- augmented n.2; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth