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Headword:
*bolbo/s
Adler number: beta,361
Translated headword: bulb, tuber
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Aristophanes [writes]: "when you have eaten a bowl of bulbs".[1] In reference to the very lecherous. For bulbs [are] suitable for sexual intercourse.[2]
It is a kind of pulse, or also onion.[3]
Greek Original:*bolbo/s: *)aristofa/nhs: katafagw\n bolbw=n xu/tran. e)pi\ tw=n lagnista/twn. e)pith/deioi ga\r ei)s sunousi/an oi( bolboi/. e)/sti de\ ei)=dos o)spri/ou, h)\ kai\ krommu/ou.
Notes:
[1]
Aristophanes,
Ecclesiazusae 1092, with comment from the
scholia there.
[2] On the Allium family as aphrodisiacs see e.g.
Athenaeus,
Deipnosophists 2.64B (2.65 Kaibel), 8.356E (8.53 Kaibel).
[3] For actual botanical identifications, including the purse-tassel hyacinth, see LSJ s.v.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 9 August 2001@09:09:44.
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