cwconrad wrote:I shall fling out the accusation that you're writing "jargon" and you will have to explain exactly what these words mean for those of us recently characterized as κοινοὶ ἀνθρωποι.
The μέλιτος κατακεχυμένου that I mentioned is a genitive absolute meaning something like, "with the honeypot being completely emptied into the dish"
As for the whole word it is made up of these component parts:
λοπαδο--
λοπάς , άδος, ἡ,
dish (it could mean the sense of the the plate
or the food)
τεμαχο--
τέμαχος , εος, τό,
slice(s) (especially of fish)
σελαχο--
σέλαχος , εος, τό,
cartilaginous fishes, sharks and rays
γαλεο--
γαλεός , ὁ,
dog-fish or small shark
κρανιο--
κρανίον, τό,
upper part of the head, skull
λειψανο--
λείψανον , τό,
piece left, remnant
δριμ--
δριμύς, εῖα, ύ, keen,
acrid
υποτριμματο--
ὑπότριμμα, ατος, τό, a dish compounded of various ingredients grated and pounded up together,(its general taste was
sour or piquant)
σιλφιο--
σίλφιον, τό,
silfium, laserwort, Ferula tingitana (the juice of which was used in food and medicine)
καραβο--
κάραβος, ο (
sic < perseus-LSJ), a prickly crustacean,
crayfish
μελιτο--
μέλι, τό,
honey
κατακεχυμενο--
καταχέειν,
to pour down
κιχλ-- ???? [I've no clue as to this - having only read 3 of Aristophanes plays from start to end and various oither fragments - perhaps a flag-raising scholar with years experience could lend their attention to these three letters...]
επι--
ἐπιτιθέναι (
or ἐπικεῖσθαι)
IV. put on as a finish
κοσσυφο--
κόσσυφος , ὁ,
blackbird or sea fish.
φαττο--
φάττα , ἡ,
ringdove or cushat. Columba palumbus
περιστερ--
περιστερά , ἡ, A.common
pigeon or dove
αλεκτρυον-
ἀλεκτρυών, όνος, ὁ,
cock
οπτο--
ὀπτός, ή, όν,
roasted, broiled
κεφαλλιο- ??? κεφαλίς , ίδος, ἡ,
capital of a column (perhaps in the sense of "topped off with")
κιγκλο--
κίγκλος , ὁ, prob.
dabchick, Podiceps ruficollis
πελειο--
πέλεια , ἡ, dove or pigeon, esp.
wild rock-pigeon, Columba livia
λαγῳο--
λαγῷος , α, ον, of the
hare
σιραιο--
σίραιον, τό,
new wine boiled down
βαφη--
βαφή , ἡ,
dipping; dye
τραγανο--
τραγανός , ή, όν,
eatable
πτερύγων --
πτέρυξ, υγος, ἡ (= πτερύγια),
fins of fish
My attempt at putting that into word by words Greek is:
λοπάδα παρασκευασμένον ἐκ τέμαχους ἀπὸ τοῦ σέλαχοὺς (conjectured adj. in -ης, -ες) γαλεοῦ τοῦ κρανίου λειψάνου. Δριμύ (ἡδυμμένον) τε καὶ ὑποτριμμώδες σιλφίῳ καὶ καράβῳ. μέλιτος δὲ κατακεχυμένου ἐπιθεμένον (λοπάδι) κοσσύφους, φάττας, περιστερὰς καὶ ἀλεκτρυόνας. Ὀπτεύμενον δὲ ὑπὸ κεφαλίδος κίγκλων τε καὶ πελείων ἐν τῇ ἐκ λαγῳου σιραίου βαφῇ τραγανῶν πτερύγων.
"A dish of slices of the edible fins taken from the skull part of the cartilaginous dog-fish, seasoned with acrid and sour laserwort and crayfish, with lashings of honey poured over them, topped with blackbirds, ringdoves, pigeons and cocks boiled in a marinade of boild down hare's blood under a topping of dabchicks and wild rock pigeons"
Is that a pausible way of breaking it up into grammar?