Πρασιαί
leek-beds
Translated by Catharine Roth19 Nov 2010Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πρασιαί· αἱ τοῦ κήπου λαχανίαι. καὶ Πράσιον, τὸ λάχανον.
Betacode
*prasiai/: ai( tou= kh/pou laxani/ai. kai\ *pra/sion, to\ la/xanon.
Notes (2)
- 1Similarly glossed in Hesychius and in a scholion on Homer, Odyssey 7.127, where this nominative plural occurs. (For it as a toponym, see already pi 2225.) ↩
- 2We might have expected
pra/son "leek." Horehound (marrubium) is not nowadays regarded as a foodstuff for humans, although it is reputed to have medicinal properties. ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 26 Jun 2014
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth