Σχίζας

kindlings

Translated by Amanda Aponte14 Jun 2009Vetting: high5 revisions

1 note · 32 words
Properly, what men of old used to call the small pieces of wood upon which they [placed] burnt sacrifices; as also Homer [writes]: "the old man fired [the meat] upon the kindlings."1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σχίζας· κυρίως ἔλεγον οἱ παλαιοὶ τὰ ἐπὶ ταῖς θυσίαις τιθέμενα ξύλα· ὡς καὶ Ὅμηρος· καῖε δ' ἐπὶ σχίζαις ὁ γέρων.

Betacode
*sxi/zas: kuri/ws e)/legon oi( palaioi\ ta\ e)pi\ tai=s qusi/ais tiqe/mena cu/la: w(s kai\ *(/omhros: kai=e d' e)pi\ sxi/zais o( ge/rwn.

Notes (1)

  1. From the scholia to Aristophanes, Peace 1024, where the accusative plural headword occurs (web address 1); cf. sigma 1789. The text, both here and in the scholia, seems to say that the kindlings are placed upon the sacrifices.
  2. 1Homer, Iliad 1.462 (web address 2). ↩

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σ1788Σχήσουσιthey will checkσ1789Σχίδακαςlaths, splinters, splitsσ1790Σχίζαςkindlingsσ1791ΣχίζωI cleave, I divide, I splitσ1792Σχίζουσαdividing, splitting
Revision history5 revisions · last 13 Jun 2022
  1. expanded note, added a link — Catharine Roth
  2. tweaked link — Catharine Roth
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. more keywords — David Whitehead
  5. augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. Translated — Amanda Aponte

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