Ζωμεύματα
soups
Translated by A. G. Kozak11 Oct 1999Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[sc. He said "soups"], but [he meant] "undergirders", the timbers of a ship.1 So the shoemaker, instead of saying "undergirders", said in jest "soups" to a cook, as being an expert in seasonings and soups.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ζωμεύματα, ὑποζώματα δέ, τὰ ξύλα τῆς νηός. ὁ οὖν σκυτεὺς ἀντὶ τοῦ εἰπεῖν ὑποζώματα, πρὸς μάγειρον παίζων εἶπε ζωμεύματα, ὡς ἀρτύσεων ἔμπειρον καὶ ζωμευμάτων.
Betacode
*zwmeu/mata, u(pozw/mata de/, ta\ cu/la th=s nho/s. o( ou)=n skuteu\s a)nti\ tou= ei)pei=n u(pozw/mata, pro\s ma/geiron pai/zwn ei)=pe zwmeu/mata, w(s a)rtu/sewn e)/mpeiron kai\ zwmeuma/twn.
Notes (1)
- The entry refers to a joke that Cleon makes when speaking to the sausage-seller in Aristophanes, Knights 279 (web address 1); it plays on a similarity in sound between
zw/meuma andu(po/zwma (LSJ entries at web addresses 2 and 3). See also Hesychius zeta230; in brief Photius, Lexicon zeta68. - 1cf. upsilon 493. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 27 Mar 2016
- coding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- upgraded links — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- modified translation and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — A. G. Kozak