Search results for beta,343 in Adler number:
Headword: Blittein Adler number: beta,343 Translated headword: to honey-harvest Vetting Status: high Translation:
[Meaning] to take the honey from the honeycombs.[1] To attempt. And to stroke. And to squeeze out the bees' honeycombs. To squeeze. "But you are shutting him in and honey-harvesting him." So Aristophanes [writes].[2]
Greek Original:
Blittein: aphairein to meli apo tôn kêriôn. peirazein. kai to psêlaphan. kai to ekpiezein ta kêria tôn melissôn. thlibein. alla katheirxas auton blitteis. houtôs Aristophanês.
Notes:
cf. generally beta 341, and see also sigma 1732.
[1] From *mlit-y-, cf. me/li, me/litos and me/lissa. See LSJ at web address 1.
[2] Aristophanes, Knights 794 (web address 2), with comment from the scholia there.
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