Θύσθλα
sacred implements
Translated by William Hutton16 Feb 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the Bacchic sprigs, that is, fig leaves. But some [sc. say that they are] the things carried to the altars. Others [sc. say] the leaves of the grape, or ivy-vines, or branches, sticks, fennel-stalks, sacrificial offerings, garlands, libations.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θύσθλα· αἱ κράδαι αἱ βακχικαί, ἤτοι συκῆς φύλλα. ἔνιοι δὲ τὰ ἐπιφερόμενα τοῖς βωμοῖς. οἱ δὲ τὰ φύλλα τῆς ἀμπέλου, ἢ κισσούς, ἢ κλάδους, ῥάβδους, νάρθηκας, θύματα, στεφανώματα, χοάς.
Betacode
*qu/sqla: ai( kra/dai ai( bakxikai/, h)/toi sukh=s fu/lla. e)/nioi de\ ta\ e)pifero/mena toi=s bwmoi=s. oi( de\ ta\ fu/lla th=s a)mpe/lou, h)\ kissou/s, h)\ kla/dous, r(a/bdous, na/rqhkas, qu/mata, stefanw/mata, xoa/s.
Notes
- Most likely from commentary to Homer, Iliad 6.134, where this neuter plural occurs (web address 1). Compare the scholia thereto; also Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon 89.6, Hesychius theta961 (the closest to the present entry), Etymologicum Gudianum 267.37, Etymologicum Magnum 459.25; Photius, Lexicon theta287 Theodoridis.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 28 Apr 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- typo, coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- supplemented translation, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — William Hutton