ἀπαλφιτίζω
From LSJ
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
English (LSJ)
mix wine with barley-meal or groats, in the Persian fashion, f.l. in Ath. 10.432d.
German (Pape)
[Seite 277] Ath. X. 432 b, auch ἀπαλφιτόω, v. l. für ἐπαλφιτόω od. ἐπ' ἀλφιτου πίνειν.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀπαλφῐτίζω: μέλλ. -σω, ἀναμιγνύω οἶνον μετ’ ἀλφίτων (δηλ. χονδροαλεσμένης κριθῆς) κατὰ τὸν Περσικὸν τρόπον, Ἀθήν. 432D· ἐπ’ ἀλφίτου πίνειν Ἐπίνικος αὐτόθι, ἴδε Mein. Κωμ. Ἕλλ. 4. 505.
