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Headword:
*pih/enta
Adler number: pi,1568
Translated headword: fat
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] rich, flowery.[1] "Rich cakes and well-stored olive oil."[2]
Greek Original:*pih/enta: lipara/, a)nqhra/. yaista/ te pih/enta kai\ eu)qh/sauron e)/laion.
Notes:
[1] The headword is neuter nominative/accusative plural of the adjective
pih/eis, a poetic equivalent of
pi/wn (
pi 1630,
pi 1566). It is presumably extracted from the quotation given (which contains the only attestation of the word outside the Suda).
[2]
Greek Anthology 6.300.3 (
Leonidas of
Tarentum), a dedication by the epigrammatist to Aphrodite; again at
psi 35. See Gow and Page (vol. I, 119), (vol. II, 346-347), and further excerpts from this epigram at
alpha 2388 and
upsilon 570.
References:
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1965)
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; food; imagery; poetry; religion
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 19 March 2012@22:29:06.
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