Πέμματα

cakes

Translated by David Whitehead4 Mar 2010Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 20 words

[Meaning] flat-cakes.¹
Arrian [writes]: "they brought guest-gifts: tunnies baked in ovens and a few cakes and dates from the palms".²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πέμματα· πλακούντια. Ἀρριανός· οἱ δὲ ξένια ἔφερον, θυννοὺς ἐν κριβάνοις ὠπτημένους καὶ πέμματα ὀλίγα καὶ βαλάνους φοινίκων.

Betacode

*pe/mmata: plakou/ntia. *)arriano/s: oi( de\ ce/nia e)/feron, qunnou\s e)n kriba/nois w)pthme/nous kai\ pe/mmata o)li/ga kai\ bala/nous foini/kwn.

Notes (2)

1Same equivalence in other lexica (references at Photius pi565 Theodoridis), and cf. the scholia to Plato, Republic 373A. ↩
2Arrian, Indica 28.1, here lightly abbreviated; cf. kappa 2413. ↩

Linked from1 entry

κ2413Κρίβανονbaking-ovenThe Athenians use this term for a "furnace of barley" [kriqw=n bau=nos), that is an oven. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "oven loaf", [meaning] one baked in an oven. [The noun] kribanos is based on kri ["barley"] and…

Neighbouring entries

π955Πέλταιpeltai π956Πέλτονpelton π957Πέμματαcakes π958Πέμπελοςaged π959Πέμπεινto process

Revision history3 revisions · last 19 Sep 2013

19 Sep 2013Revised — David Whitehead
11 Mar 2010another note; another keyword — David Whitehead
11 Mar 2010set status — Catharine Roth
4 Mar 2010Translated — David Whitehead