Τηλία
tray, sieve-hoop
Translated by David Whitehead21 Feb 2014Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a rectangular fixture, on which either barley-groats are offered for sale or cockerels are collected.1
Also [meaning] a surround of a sieve.2
Aristophanes [writes]: "indeed, then, you might draw me through a ring." And [Chremes] replied, "if the ring happened to be a sieve-hoop".3
Also [meaning] a surround of a sieve.2
Aristophanes [writes]: "indeed, then, you might draw me through a ring." And [Chremes] replied, "if the ring happened to be a sieve-hoop".3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τηλία· πῆγμα τετράγωνον, ἐφ' οὗ ἤτοι τὰ ἄλφιτα πιπράσκεται ἢ ἀλεκτρυόνες συμβάλλονται. καὶ περιφέρεια τοῦ κοσκίνου. Ἀριστοφάνης· διὰ δακτυλίου μὲν οὖν ἐμέ γ' ἂν διελκύσαις. ἐπὶ τῶν πάνυ λεπτῶν· ὁ δὲ ἀντείρηκεν, εἰ τυγχάνοι δακτύλιος ὢν τηλία.
Betacode
*thli/a: ph=gma tetra/gwnon, e)f' ou(= h)/toi ta\ a)/lfita pipra/sketai h)\ a)lektruo/nes sumba/llontai. kai\ perife/reia tou= koski/nou. *)aristofa/nhs: dia\ daktuli/ou me\n ou)=n e)me/ g' a)\n dielku/sais. e)pi\ tw=n pa/nu leptw=n: o( de\ a)ntei/rhken, ei) tugxa/noi daktu/lios w)\n thli/a.
Notes (3)
- See also tau 496.
- 1Likewise in Photius, Lexicon tau246 Theodoridis, and similarly elsewhere. ↩
- 2= Philoxenus fr. 185, Orion [Author, Myth] 154.7 (= Etymologicum Magnum 757.1-2); cf. Hesychius tau772, Synagoge (Codex B) alpha964, Photius alpha931 Theodoridis, scholia to Aristophanes Plutus (see n. 3). ↩
- 3Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 1036-7, with fuller scholia. ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 28 May 2016
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked headword, augmented notes — William Hutton
- tweaked tr; more keywords — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead