Τηλία
tray
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Translation
[Meaning a] plank, the so-called kneading-trough, being a sort of shli/a ; just as sh/meron [is a variant of] th/meron . Furthermore there was a special sense of thli/a , [i.e.] a construction of planks in the agora, on which barley-groats were offered for sale. And the quail-breeders used to collect the quails on this. Alternatively: a broad plank, on which they make barley-groats; but some claim [it to be] a broad timber onto which bakers place their loaves for drying out. Others [say that]a telia [is] the lid of a chimney, that is [its] rim. So he is saying "you might draw [me] through a ring, if the ring were a telia'. Aristophanes [writes this]. Or a telia is a plank without holes. If it had holes, it would be a mesh.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τηλία· σανίς, ἡ λεγομένη κάρδοπος, σηλία τις οὖσα· ὥσπερ τὸ σήμερον, τήμερον. καὶ δὴ καὶ ἰδίως ἐκαλεῖτο τηλία, περίφραγμα σανίδων ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ, ἐν ᾧ ἄλφιτα ἐπιπράσκοντο. καὶ οἱ ὀρτυγοτρόφοι τοὺς ὄρτυγας συνέβαλλον ἐν τούτῳ. ἄλλως· σανὶς πλατεῖα, ἐφ' ἧς ἀλφιτοποιοῦσι· τινὲς δὲ τηλίαν ξύλον φασὶ πλατύ, εἰς ὃ τιθέασιν οἱ ἀρτοκόποι τοὺς ἄρτους ἐπὶ τῷ ξηραίνεσθαι. ἄλλοι δὲ τηλίαν, τῆς καπνοδόχης τὸ πῶμα, ὅ ἐστι περιφερές. φησὶν οὖν ὅτι διὰ δακτυλίου ἑλκυσθείης, ἐὰν ᾖ ὁ δακτύλιος τηλία. τοῦτο δὲ ὡς παχείας οὔσης καὶ μὴ δυναμένης διὰ δακτυλίου ἑλκυσθῆναι, ἀλλὰ τηλίας. Ἀριστοφάνης. ἢ τηλία μέν ἐστιν ἡ ἀτρύπητος σανίς. ἐὰν δὲ τρυπηθείη, ἁψὶς γίνεται.
Betacode
*thli/a: sani/s, h( legome/nh ka/rdopos, shli/a tis ou)=sa: w(/sper to\ sh/meron, th/meron. kai\ dh\ kai\ i)di/ws e)kalei=to thli/a, peri/fragma sani/dwn e)n th=| a)gora=|, e)n w(=| a)/lfita e)pipra/skonto. kai\ oi( o)rtugotro/foi tou\s o)/rtugas sune/ballon e)n tou/tw|. a)/llws: sani\s platei=a, e)f' h(=s a)lfitopoiou=si: tine\s de\ thli/an cu/lon fasi\ platu/, ei)s o(\ tiqe/asin oi( a)rtoko/poi tou\s a)/rtous e)pi\ tw=| chrai/nesqai. a)/lloi de\ thli/an, th=s kapnodo/xhs to\ pw=ma, o(/ e)sti perifere/s. fhsi\n ou)=n o(/ti dia\ daktuli/ou e(lkusqei/hs, e)a\n h)=| o( daktu/lios thli/a. tou=to de\ w(s paxei/as ou)/shs kai\ mh\ duname/nhs dia\ daktuli/ou e(lkusqh=nai, a)lla\ thli/as. *)aristofa/nhs. h)\ thli/a me/n e)stin h( a)tru/phtos sani/s. e)a\n de\ truphqei/h, a(yi\s gi/netai.
Notes
- From the scholia to Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 1037, where the headword occurs. See also the scholia to Wasps 147 (where the chimney trapdoor sense occurs), and several lexica; and tau 497.
Linked from2 entries
- τ497Τηλίαtray, sieve-hoop[Meaning] a rectangular fixture, on which either barley-groats are offered for sale or cockerels are collected. Also [meaning] a surround of a sieve. Aristophanes [writes]: "indeed, then, you might draw me through a…
- τ509Τήμεροςtoday, today's[*th/meros is the same as] shmerino/s. And it is applied to a body (?). But the [adverb] th/meron is said of time. And in Peace [sc. Aristophanes writes]: "io Lakedaimon, what will it do th/mera?". Meaning shmerinh/.
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Revision history2 revisions · last 21 Feb 2014
- expanded note — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead