Ὑπότριμμα

piquant-paste, sour-paste

Translated by Ioannis Doukas23 Oct 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 30 words

Translation

[sc. Something made] out of dates and honey and some other spices.1
Aristophanes [writes]: "[he] looking piquant-paste" -- meaning sour -- "fond of garlic-pickle." That is, taking delight in sournesses.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑπότριμμα· ἔκ τε φοινίκων καὶ μέλιτος καὶ ἄλλων τινῶν ἀρτυμάτων. Ἀριστοφάνης· βλέπων ὑπότριμμα, [ἀντὶ τοῦ δριμύ] στέργων σκοροδάλμῃ. τουτέστιν ἡδόμενος δριμέσιν.

Betacode
*(upo/trimma: e)/k te foini/kwn kai\ me/litos kai\ a)/llwn tinw=n a)rtuma/twn. *)aristofa/nhs: ble/pwn u(po/trimma, [a)nti\ tou= drimu/] ste/rgwn skoroda/lmh|. toute/stin h(do/menos drime/sin. 

Notes (2)

  1. 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius upsilon265 Theodoridis. ↩
  2. 2Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 292-293 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 29 Nov 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. tweaked headword and tr; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Ioannis Doukas

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