Πελλίς

pail

Translated by David Whitehead29 Feb 2004Vetting: high6 revisions

8 words

Where they press cheese; a kind of bowl.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πελλίς· ἔνθα τυρὸν ἀμέλγουσι, σκάφη τις.

Betacode

*pelli/s: e)/nqa turo\n a)me/lgousi, ska/fh tis.

Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius pi553 Theodoridis.
See e.g. the fragment of Hipponax (iota 588) quoted in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 11.495C-D (11.91 Kaibel): "they were drinking from a pellis, for she had no cup."

Revision history6 revisions · last 30 Jun 2014