Πρίνινοι ἄνθρακες
oaken coals, holm-oak coals
Translated by Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝25 Jul 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning ones that are] solid, and hard; for the wood of the holm-oak [is] strong. Hesiod [writes]: "and a plank of a holm-oak." And elsewhere: "for holm-oak [wood] is the strongest for oxen."1 Holm-oak [is] a very sharp wood. Aristophanes [writes]: "but you immediately cry aloud just like a holm-oak which has been set on fire." For the holm-oak when burning makes a noise.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πρίνινοι ἄνθρακες· στερεοί, καὶ σκληροί; ἰσχυρὸν γὰρ τὸ τῆς πρίνου ξύλον. Ἡσίοδος· πρίνου δὲ γύην. καὶ πάλιν· πρίνινος γὰρ βουσὶν ὀχυρώτατός ἐστι. Πρῖνος, ξύλον πικρότατον. Ἀριστοφάνης· σὺ δ' εὐθὺς ὥσπερ πρῖνος ἐμπρησθεὶς βοᾷς. καιομένη γὰρ ἡ πρῖνος ψόφον ποιεῖ.
Betacode
*pri/ninoi a)/nqrakes: stereoi/, kai\ sklhroi/; i)sxuro\n ga\r to\ th=s pri/nou cu/lon. *(hsi/odos: pri/nou de\ gu/hn. kai\ pa/lin: pri/ninos ga\r bousi\n o)xurw/tato/s e)sti. *pri=nos, cu/lon pikro/taton. *)aristofa/nhs: su\ d' eu)qu\s w(/sper pri=nos e)mprhsqei\s boa=|s. kaiome/nh ga\r h( pri=nos yo/fon poiei=.
Notes (2)
- 1From the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 180, where the adjective from the headword phrase occurs (of the Acharnian veterans: web address 1); cf. omicron 948. The Hesiod passages quoted are Works and Days 436 and 429. The
pri=nos , holm-oak or holly oak, Quercus ilex, is "a large evergreen oak native to the Mediterranean region"; "the wood is hard and tough, and has been used since ancient times for general construction purposes as pillars, tools, wagons (as mentioned in Hesiod, Works and Days ...), vessels and wine casks. It is also used as firewood and in charcoal manufacture" (Wikipedia, web address 2). ↩ - 2Aristophanes, Frogs 859 (web address 3), with comment from the scholia there; again at pi 2294. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 en.wikipedia.org
- Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- ο948Οὐρίᾳ ῥιπίδι ἀνήλατο φέψαλος ἐρεθιζόμενοςa spark stirred by a fair-winded fan leapt upMeaning kindled by a favorable fan of wind. "Holm-oak coals" [are] solid [ones], strong [ones].
- π2294Πρῖνοςholm-oakA very sharp wood; when burning, it makes a noise.
- σ1315Σὺ δὲ μὴ πρὸς ὀργήνand you not in anger"[And you not in anger] [...] refute, but gently. To be abusive is not proper for poets, as if they were bread-selling women. You are instantly roaring like a holm-oak that has been set alight." For a holm-oak on fire…
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Revision history5 revisions · last 31 Oct 2021
- Revised — Catharine Roth
- tweaked translation, expanded note, added links — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- supplied notes; augmented keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝