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Headword: *sxi/zas
Adler number: sigma,1790
Translated headword: kindlings
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Properly, what men of old used to call the small pieces of wood upon which they [placed] burnt sacrifices; as also Homer [writes]: "the old man fired [the meat] upon the kindlings."[1]
Greek Original:
*sxi/zas: kuri/ws e)/legon oi( palaioi\ ta\ e)pi\ tai=s qusi/ais tiqe/mena cu/la: w(s kai\ *(/omhros: kai=e d' e)pi\ sxi/zais o( ge/rwn.
Notes:
From the scholia to Aristophanes, Peace 1024, where the accusative plural headword occurs (web address 1); cf. sigma 1789. The text, both here and in the scholia, seems to say that the kindlings are placed upon the sacrifices.
[1] Homer, Iliad 1.462 (web address 2).
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Web address 2
Keywords: botany; comedy; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; food; religion
Translated by: Amanda Aponte on 14 June 2009@16:10:54.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 15 June 2009@04:29:55.
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Catharine Roth (expanded note, added a link) on 13 June 2022@17:04:40.
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