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Headword:
Ipnia
Adler number: iota,550
Translated headword: soot
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] the offscourings of the oven [
i)pno/s], the so-called furnace [
furnus]. Or the flammable materials suitable for the stove.
Callimachus calls the dung of animals [
i)/pnia]: "he/she took away together the rubbish and the ashes from the oven."[1]
Or
i)pno/s, a cook-shop, or a torch.
Aristophanes in
Wealth [writes]: "the
ipnos became suddenly ivory."[2]
Also [sc. attested are]
i)pnoi/, [meaning] lamps, lanterns, portable lights.[3]
Greek Original:Ipnia: ta apokatharmata tou ipnou, tou legomenou phournou. ê ta pros tên kaminon epitêdeia kausima. legei de tên kopron tôn zôiôn Kallimachos: sun d' amudis phoruton te kai ipnia lumat' aeiren. ê Ipnos, to mageireion, hê kapnodokê, ê ho phanos. Aristophanês Ploutôi: ho d' ipnos gegon' exapinês elephantinos. kai Ipnoi, hoi lamptêres, hoi phanoi, hoi luchnoi.
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Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; poetry; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 1 July 2006@23:18:05.
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