Θρυαλλίς
wick, plantain
Translated by Ryan Stone3 Mar 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] hearth, lamp, beam.1
The spark, the one from the fire.
Also a plant appropriate for a lamp. Aristophanes mentions [this] in Clouds: "you put in [one] of the stout wicks." That is, [one] of the lamp-wicks. Or in olden days the lamp-wicks from a rush.2
The spark, the one from the fire.
Also a plant appropriate for a lamp. Aristophanes mentions [this] in Clouds: "you put in [one] of the stout wicks." That is, [one] of the lamp-wicks. Or in olden days the lamp-wicks from a rush.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θρυαλλίς· ἐσχάρα, λύχνος, ἀκτίς. ὁ σπινθὴρ ὁ ἀπὸ τοῦ πυρός. καὶ βοτάνη πρὸς λύχνον ἁρμόζουσα. μέμνηται Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις. τῶν παχειῶν ἐνετίθεις θρυαλλίδων. τουτέστι τῶν ἐλλυχνίων. ἢ ἀπὸ θρύου τὸ παλαιὸν τὰ ἐλλύχνια.
Betacode
*qrualli/s: e)sxa/ra, lu/xnos, a)kti/s. o( spinqh\r o( a)po\ tou= puro/s. kai\ bota/nh pro\s lu/xnon a(rmo/zousa. me/mnhtai *)aristofa/nhs *nefe/lais. tw=n paxeiw=n e)neti/qeis qrualli/dwn. toute/sti tw=n e)lluxni/wn. h)\ a)po\ qru/ou to\ palaio\n ta\ e)llu/xnia.
Notes (2)
Linked from3 entries
- θ408Θορεῖνto leap[Meaning] to jump. Also [sc. attested is] '[they] leaping', [meaning] rushing, jumping.
- θ513ΘρυαλλίζωI rustle(?)[Meaning] I whisper.
- θ515Θρυαλλίςwick"You are bringing in wicks from the enemy." Because of lamp-wicks, it being forbidden and dangerous to import a wick into Athens. This [is] the reason; "by what manner? For it [the wick] might set the dockyard on fire…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 28 Apr 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ryan Stone