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Headword:
*xoo/s
Adler number: chi,394
Translated headword: of a chous
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A measure/quantity] of two pints. For a
xou=s [is] two pints and a
xoeu/s is six.[1]
Aristophanes [writes]: "if a huckster or huckstress falsifies the measure of the chous or the kotulai [...]"[2]
*xoo/s: dice/stou: xou=s ga\r du/o ce/stai, xoeu\s de\ e(/c. *)aristofa/nhs: ei)/ tis ka/phlos h)\ kaphli\s tou= xoo\s h)\ tw=n kotulw=n to\ no/misma dialumai/netai.
Notes:
[1] According to LSJ (s.v.
xo/es; web address 1) a
xou=s and a
xoeu/s are the same thing; approximately 5.7 pints. See also
chi 362.
[2]
Aristophanes,
Thesmophoriazusae 347-348 (web address 2). What precedes the quotation in this entry is from the
scholia to line 347. For more on hucksters, male and female, see
kaphli/s (
kappa 335) and
ka/phlos (
kappa 336).
Web address 1,
Web address 2
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Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 2 April 2008@01:16:43.
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