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Headword: *)axillei/wn
Adler number: alpha,4697
Translated headword: Achillean
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
That is, barley-corns which are pure and noble, thus called. Aristophanes [writes]: "you wipe [your hands] on Achilleans." Meaning you share in mealtimes in the Prytaneion.[1]
Alternatively "Achillean barley-corns" [means] those which are cheap.
Greek Original:
*)axillei/wn: toute/sti kriqw=n kaqarw=n kai\ eu)genw=n, ou(/tw kaloume/nwn. *)aristofa/nhs: *)axillei/wn a)poma/tth|. a)nti\ tou= sith/sews th=s e)n *prutanei/w| mete/xeis. h)\ *)axi/lleioi kriqai/, ai( eu)telei=s.
Notes:
The headword, genitive plural of this adjective, is extracted from the quotation given.
[1] Aristophanes, Knights 819 (web address 1 below), with scholion. On the Prytaneion see generally pi 2999.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: agriculture; botany; comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; economics; food; mythology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 5 June 2001@22:31:56.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added keyword; cosmetics) on 6 June 2001@05:09:03.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords) on 9 May 2012@08:31:29.
Catharine Roth (tweaked link) on 6 January 2016@01:14:46.
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