τροφαλίς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ίδος, ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[fresh cheese]], <span class="bibl">Eup.277</span>, <span class="bibl">Antiph.49</span> (troch.); <b class="b3">τροφαλίδα τυροῦ Σικελικὴν κατεδήδοκεν</b> a [[piece]] of Sicilian cheese, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>838</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Herm.Hist.2</span>; whence the joke, καλεῖ . . τὴν . . Τυρὼ τροφαλίδα <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>393; τ. ὀβολιαῖαι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>522a31</span>.—The form τρυφαλίς is common in later writers, as <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Lex.</span>13</span>, Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.18</span> (rejected in favour of τροφαλίς Id.1.91), Hsch.; <b class="b3">τὰς δέκα στρυ' φαλιδας</b> (sic cod. A, ν superscr. A<span class="bibl">1</span>) τοῦ γάλακτος <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">1 Ki.</span>17.18</span>; a form τροφαλλίς occurs in codd. of <span class="bibl">Eust.1535.22</span> (in citation of <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span> l.c.); Hsch. also cites τραφαλλίς, τραφαλλος. (From τρέφω <span class="bibl">1</span> acc. to Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">1.91</span>, but the spelling <b class="b3">τρυφ-</b>, which he mentions, remains, unexplained: oxyt. acc. to Hdn.Gr. ll. cc., so that the accus. [[τρόφαλιν]] in Erot. s.v. [[τεθραμμένον]] must be an error.)</span>