Ταβερνεῖα

taverns

Translated by Paul McKechnie10 Jun 1999Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 3 words

[Meaning] bars,¹ inns.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ταβερνεῖα· καπηλεῖα, πανδοκεῖα.

Betacode

*tabernei=a: kaphlei=a, pandokei=a.

Notes (1)

Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius tau2 Theodoridis.
The headword is a borrowing from Latin. It is normally first declension feminine (taberna), but is given here as if it were the plural of neuter tabernium.
1Though a kapelos means a retail dealer of any sort (kappa 336, kappa 337), a kapeleion normally means a bar (cf. LSJ s.v.). ↩

Linked from1 entry

κ337Κάπηλοςretailer, hucksterSome suppose [it] to be one [word] in place of another, as in the [quotation] from Sophocles: "much mud is stirred up from jars." Sophocles [is] prone to [use the word] phlo/s ["mud"]. However, wine is not mud. But…

Neighbouring entries

τ2Τὰ ἀπὸ Ναννάκουthings from Nannakos' time, things from Nannacus' time τ3Ταβελλίωνnotary τ4Ταβερνεῖαtaverns τ5ΤάβειαTabeia, Tabia, Tauion, Tavium τ6ΤαβηθάTabitha

Revision history3 revisions · last 6 Jan 2014

6 Jan 2014another note; tweaking; raised status — David Whitehead
29 Sep 2008added cross-reference and keyword — Catharine Roth
11 Sep 2002added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
10 Jun 1999Translated — Paul McKechnie