κ2464Κρόμμυα ἐσθίειν
to eat onions
Equivalent to crying. For when Alyattes sent to Bias the sage [telling him] to make haste and come to him, "I", Bias said, "have something to tell Alyattes: eat onions". And Aristophanes [writes]: "then you had better…
Κρόμμυα ἐσθίειν· ἴσον τῷ κλαίειν· Ἀλυάττῃ γὰρ πέμψαντι πρὸς Βίαντα τὸν σοφόν, ἵνα θᾶττον παρ' αὐτὸν ἥκοι, ἐγώ, φησίν, Ἀλυάττῃ κελεύω κρόμμυα ἐσθίειν. καὶ Ἀριστοφάνης· κρόμμυόν τ'…