γάβενα
βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος → a life without feasting is a long journey without an inn | a life without festivals is a long journey without inns | a life without festivals is a long road without inns | a life without festivity is a long road without an inn | a life without festivity is like a long road without an inn | a life without holidays is like a long road without taverns | a life without parties is a long journey without inns | a life without public holidays is a long road without hotels
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.pl.
Meaning: ὀξυβάφια, ἤτοι τρυβλία H.
Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]
Etymology: Moutsos, Orbis 18 (1969) 535-540, argues, on the basis of Modern Greek forms, that γαβενον < *γαβινον < *καβινον, a derivative from κάβος; cf. γάβαθον.
