Τενθεία

gourmandise

Translated by Catharine Roth5 Dec 2012Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 17 words

[Meaning] greediness, gluttony. Aristophanes [writes]: "and you speak of great gourmandise."¹
So great gluttony [is called] tenqei/a.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τενθεία· σιναμωρία, λιχνότης. Ἀριστοφάνης· πολλήν γε τενθείαν λέγεις. Τενθεία οὖν ἡ γαστριμαργία πολλή.

Betacode

*tenqei/a: sinamwri/a, lixno/ths. *)aristofa/nhs: pollh/n ge tenqei/an le/geis. *tenqei/a ou)=n h( gastrimargi/a pollh/.

Notes (2)

1Aristophanes, Birds 1691 (web address 1), with scholion. ↩
2From tau 234 (teqni/a). ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

Neighbouring entries

τ312Ταινίαιfillets τ313Τένθαιςgourmands, gnawers τ314Τενθείαgourmandise τ315Τένθηςgourmand τ316Τένονταςtendons

Revision history2 revisions · last 9 Jan 2014

9 Jan 2014Revised — David Whitehead
6 Dec 2012another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
5 Dec 2012Translated — Catharine Roth