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Headword: Κάβαισος
Adler number: kappa,5
Translated headword: gluttonous
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Insatiable. For a ka/bos [is] a measure of grain[1] -- just as we call a drunkard a "wine jar."
Greek Original:
Κάβαισος: ἄπληστος. κάβος γὰρ μέτρον σιτικόν. καὶ τὸν μέθυσον ἡμεῖς πίθον.
Notes:
The headword occurs in a fragment of Old Attic Comedy (Cratinus fr.103 Kock), and ancient gramarians derived it from kabos and aisa, a portion of food.
[1] See generally LSJ s.v., and again at kappa 8.
Keywords: comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; food
Translated by: Anne Mahoney on 25 June 2000@10:30:24.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note and keywords; cosmetics) on 27 August 2001@10:23:58.
David Whitehead on 27 August 2001@10:25:31.
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