Σησαμοῦς
sesamous
Translated by David Whitehead18 Mar 2010Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σησαμοῦς καὶ σησαμῆ διαφέρει· σησαμοῦς μὲν εἶδος πλακοῦντος, σησαμῆ δέ, ἣν ἡμεῖς φαμὲν σησαμίδα. καὶ Σησάμινον ἔλαιον καὶ σύεινον· ᾧ ἐχρίοντο οἱ σὺν Κύρῳ συστρατευθέντες.
Betacode
*shsamou=s kai\ shsamh= diafe/rei: shsamou=s me\n ei)=dos plakou=ntos, shsamh= de/, h(\n h(mei=s fame\n shsami/da. kai\ *shsa/minon e)/laion kai\ su/einon: w(=| e)xri/onto oi( su\n *ku/rw| sustrateuqe/ntes.
Notes (3)
- 1cf. under pi 3192. ↩
- 2From the scholia to Aristophanes, Peace 869 (see web address 1). ↩
- 3cf. Xenophon, Anabasis 4.4.13 (web address 2): the men used sesaminon (sesame oil) and sueinon (lard) instead of elaion (olive oil). Again at sigma 1319. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from5 entries
- π3192Πυραμοῦςpyramous, honey-cakeA kind of cake [made] out of boiled honey and roasted wheat [pyros], like a sesamous [is made] from sesame. These they offered as prizes for those who stayed awake at drinking-parties, and he who had stayed awake until…
- σ339Σήσαμα καὶ μήκωνα καὶ σισύμβριαsesame and poppy and water-mintParticular leaves, with which bridegrooms are crowned.
- σ340Σήσαμοςsesameand [sc. also attested is the phrase] 'sesame round-cakes'.
- σ342Σησαμοῦσιfor sesame-cakes, with sesame-cakes[Meaning] for/with flat-cakes.
- σ1319Σύινονlard[Lard] oil and sesame [sc. oil]; those who had gone on campaign with Cyrus rubbed themselves down with it.
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Revision history5 revisions · last 15 Feb 2022
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked tr — David Whitehead
- added links, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead