Τήθεα

sea-squirts

Translated by Marny S. Lemmel23 May 2014Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 30 words
[Meaning] bivalves/oysters.1
It should be noted that the ancients ate these too [i.e. bivalves as well as fish proper], even though the eating of these affords little pleasure and benefit.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τήθεα· ὄστρεα. ἰστέον ὅτι καὶ τούτοις ἐχρῶντο οἱ παλαιοί, καίτοι τῆς τούτων ἐδωδῆς οὐ πολὺ ἐχούσης τὸ ἡδὺ καὶ ὠφέλιμον.

Betacode
*th/qea: o)/strea. i)ste/on o(/ti kai\ tou/tois e)xrw=nto oi( palaioi/, kai/toi th=s tou/twn e)dwdh=s ou) polu\ e)xou/shs to\ h(du\ kai\ w)fe/limon.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Likewise in other lexica (references at Photius tau235 Theodoridis), and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 16.747, where the accusative plural headword occurs (Patroclus' jibe about Cebriones, quoted under tau 472). On this noun see the LSJ entry at web address 1: th=qos, eos, to/; perhaps a back-formation from th/qea, thqe/wn, which were forms of th/quon. For the more commonplace glossing noun see omicron 720. ↩
  2. 2This addendum to the entry was not identified by Adler is but identifiable via the TLG as an approximation of Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.13C (1.22 Kaibel). See also, more generally, 88A-B (including the lexicographers' equivalence), 90B. ↩

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τ468Τῇδ' ἔνιin this they are possibleτ469Τηθαλλαδούςnursed by a grandmother, spoiled childτ470Τήθεαsea-squirtsτ471Τηθέλαςgranny's-boysτ472Τήθηgrandmother
Revision history2 revisions · last 25 May 2014
  1. modified aspects of tr; augmented & streamlined notes; more keywords; raised status — David Whitehead
  2. cosmetics — Catharine Roth
  3. Translated — Marny S. Lemmel

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