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Headword:
*maimakthriw/n
Adler number: mu,322
Translated headword: Maimakterion, Maemacterium
Vetting Status: high
Translation: The fifth month at
Athens. January.[1] It took its name from Zeus Maimaktes. [sc. The adjective]
maimaktes means boisterous and agitated.[2] With winter beginning in this month, the air is agitated and changeable.
*maimakthriw/n: o( pe/mptos mh\n par' *)aqhnai/ois. o( *)iannoua/rios. w)noma/sqh de\ a)po\ *dio\s *maima/ktou. *maima/kths de/ e)stin o( e)nqousiw/dhs kai\ taraktiko/s. a)rxh\n de\ lamba/nontos tou= xeimw=nos e)n tou/tw| tw=| mhni/, o( a)h\r tara/ttetai kai\ metabolh\n i)/sxei.
Notes:
Abridged fropm Harpokration (and
Photius) s.v., commenting on [
Demosthenes] 49.22
[1] An error: the month began on the fifth new moon after the summer solstice, therefore in November or October. Küster deleted this.
[2] See again
mu 323. The epithet is related to the verb
maima/ssw, maima/w 'quiver (with eagerness or rage)'; it is conventionally translated 'Blustery'.
H.W. Parke, Festivals of the Athenians (1977) 95-96
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Translated by: David Whitehead on 7 December 2000@05:31:14.
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