Στέμφυλον
grape-cake, olive-cake
Translated by Catharine Roth7 May 2009Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the skin of the grape[s]; or of the olives; [the parts] which they used as relishes.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Στέμφυλον· τὸ ἔκδυμα τῆς σταφυλῆς· ἢ τῶν ἐλαῶν· οἷς ἀντὶ ὄψων ἐχρῶντο.
Betacode
*ste/mfulon: to\ e)/kduma th=s stafulh=s: h)\ tw=n e)law=n: oi(=s a)nti\ o)/ywn e)xrw=nto.
Notes
- Likewise in Photius, Lexicon sigma524 Theodoridis; similarly already in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, Hesychius, the Synagoge, and a scholion on Aristophanes, Knights 806, where the headword occurs in the dative (web address 1).
Whether of grapes or of olives, it seems to mean the residue left after pressing. (This is the substance which, where grapes are concerned, is nowadays likely to be distilled into a clear spirit such as marc or grappa.)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 4 Apr 2014
- more coding — Catharine Roth
- tweaked and expanded primary note — David Whitehead
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note; another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth