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Headword: Μάδδαν
Adler number: mu,30
Translated headword: barley-cake
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Barley-cake [μάζα ], nourishment. The Megarians [say it] this way with two deltas.
Greek Original:
Μάδδαν: μάζαν, τροφήν. οὕτως οἱ Μεγαρεῖς διὰ δύο δδ.
Notes:
From a scholion on Aristophanes, Acharnians 732, where the headword is used by a Megarian (web address 1). See again under mu 34, and cf. also mu 35, mu 36.
Buck says, "Megarian δδ is doubtful (Aristophanes Acharnians μᾶδδα, χρήδδω , but only ζ in inscriptions)."
Reference:
Carl Darling Buck, The Greek Dialects (Chicago, 1973) p. 71
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; food
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 12 October 2005@01:26:35.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (more x-refs; cosmetics) on 12 October 2005@03:39:29.
Catharine Roth (added note and bibliography) on 12 October 2005@11:17:14.
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