Πυρορραγής
fire-broken
Translated by William Hutton12 Sep 2013Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] cracked, useless. [So called] from a ceramic item that breaks apart in the kilns/ovens.1
'Fire-broken' ceramics is the term used for those that break in the fire in the process of baking.2 Cratinus in Seasons [writes]: "perhaps [something] fire-broken and badly baked."3 When a ceramic item becomes fire-broken it sounds cracked.4
'Fire-broken' ceramics is the term used for those that break in the fire in the process of baking.2 Cratinus in Seasons [writes]: "perhaps [something] fire-broken and badly baked."3 When a ceramic item becomes fire-broken it sounds cracked.4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πυρορραγής· σαθρός, ἄχρηστος. ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐν ταῖς καμίνοις διαρρησσομένου κεράμου. Πυρορραγῆ κεράμια καλεῖται, ὅσα ἐν τῷ πυρὶ ῥήγνυνται ἐν τῷ ὀπτᾶσθαι. Κρατῖνος ἐν Ὥραις· ἴσως πυρορραγὲς καὶ κακῶς ὠπτημένον. ὁ δὲ κέραμος πυρορραγὴς γενόμενος σαθρὸν ἠχεῖ.
Betacode
*purorragh/s: saqro/s, a)/xrhstos. a)po\ tou= e)n tai=s kami/nois diarrhssome/nou kera/mou. *purorragh= kera/mia kalei=tai, o(/sa e)n tw=| puri\ r(h/gnuntai e)n tw=| o)pta=sqai. *krati=nos e)n *(/wrais: i)/sws purorrage\s kai\ kakw=s w)pthme/non. o( de\ ke/ramos purorragh\s geno/menos saqro\n h)xei=.
Notes (4)
- 1= Photius pi1564 Theodoridis, though the headword there is
purirragh/s rather than the Suda'spurorragh/s . Theodoridis suggests that the Suda's version is a deliberate correction based on the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 933; see next note. ↩ - 2From commentary on Aristophanes, Acharnians 933, where the neuter singular form of the headword appears (while the lemma used here is plural, as in the subsequent quotation from Cratinus). ↩
- 3Cratinus fr. 253 Kock, 273 K.-A. ↩
- 4Also from commentary to Aristophanes; see n. 2 above. ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 24 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- grammatical cosmeticules — William Hutton
- expanded notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — William Hutton