Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 24876
(formerly occ/8867)

	καὶ σὲ τρέφω γάλακτι τῶ νοοτρόφω·
	ἁπλὴν προθεὶς δίαιταν ἀληλεσμένην,
	οὐδὲν φέρουσαν γρῖφον οὐδὲ ποικίλον.
	ἂν γοῦν θ(εο)ῦ θέλοντος εἰς μείζω φθάσης.
	τὴν ἡλικίαν καὶ προβῆς ἐν τῶ χρόνω,
	(καὶ) μείζοσί σε δεξιώσομαι λόγοις +

Type(s)	[6589] Καὶ σὲ τρέφω γάλακτι τῷ νοοτρόφῳ (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1291-1300
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 92 [1291-1300]
Place in Manuscript	f. 136v
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram
Comment	The words "δίαιταν" (v. 2) and "ἂν" (v. 4) have been explained supra lineam respectively as "τροφὴν" and "ἐὰν".
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Pal.gr.92/0140 https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/bav_pal_gr_92/0280
Bibliography	Primary I. Vassis 2002, Τῶν νέων φιλολόγων παλαίσματα: Η συλλογή σχεδών του κώδικα Vaticanus Palatinus Gr. 92, Ελληνικά, 52(1), 37-68: 48
Number of verses	6
Related occurrence(s)	[20161] τὸ ψῦχος ἡμᾶς οὐκ ἐ\|ῶν πλείω λέγ(ειν) [14th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Conv. Soppr. 2 [14th c.] (f. 199v) (8 verses) (1/6)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Eleonora Lauro The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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