Τροπίας οἶνος
turned wine
Translated by David Whitehead20 May 2011Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning wine] soured and altered. Aristophanes in Banqueters [writes]: "make haste now and don't bring turned wine".1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τροπίας οἶνος· τετραμμένος καὶ ἐξεστηκώς. Ἀριστοφάνης Δαιταλεῦσι· ταχύ νυν πέτου καὶ μὴ τροπίαν οἶνον φέρε.
Betacode
*tropi/as oi)=nos: tetramme/nos kai\ e)cesthkw/s. *)aristofa/nhs *daitaleu=si: taxu/ nun pe/tou kai\ mh\ tropi/an oi)=non fe/re.
Notes (1)
- Same entry in Photius, similar ones elsewhere, and cf. Pollux 1.248.
- 1Aristophanes fr. 213 Kock (219 K.-A.). ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 15 Jan 2014
- Revised — David Whitehead
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- cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead