Προκώνια
groats
Translated by David Whitehead18 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Lycurgus [in the speech] Against Menesaechmus [sc. uses the word].1 Didymus says that groats are grains of wheat smeared with honey.2 But Aristophanes the grammarian and Crates assert that the [grains] from unroasted barley have this name.3 It seems that [groats] can come from both wheat and barley alike. Demon in the [treatise] On Sacrifices says "and groats are roasted barleycorns pounded with spices".4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Προκώνια· Λυκοῦργος κατὰ Μενεσαίχμου. Δίδυμος δέ, προκώνια, φησί, πυροὶ μέλιτι κεχρημένοι· Ἀριστοφάνης δέ, ὁ γραμματικὸς καὶ Κράτης τὰ ἐξ ἀφρύκτων κριθῶν οὕτως φασὶν ὀνομάζεσθαι. ἔοικε δὲ καὶ ἐκ πυρῶν καὶ ἐκ κριθῶν γίνεσθαι. Δήμων δὲ φησὶν ἐν τῷ περὶ θυσιῶν· καὶ προκώνια ἐστὶ κάχροις κατηριγμένα μετὰ ἀρωμάτων.
Betacode
*prokw/nia: *lukou=rgos kata\ *menesai/xmou. *di/dumos de/, prokw/nia, fhsi/, puroi\ me/liti kexrhme/noi: *)aristofa/nhs de/, o( grammatiko\s kai\ *kra/ths ta\ e)c a)fru/ktwn kriqw=n ou(/tws fasi\n o)noma/zesqai. e)/oike de\ kai\ e)k purw=n kai\ e)k kriqw=n gi/nesqai. *dh/mwn de\ fhsi\n e)n tw=| peri\ qusiw=n: kai\ prokw/nia e)sti\ ka/xrois kathrigme/na meta\ a)rwma/twn.
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