Meaning of mizithra | Babel Free

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A Greek unpasteurized cheese made from sheep’s or goat’s milk.

uncountable

Examples

“The man with whom we take⟳ shelter⟳ has his wife and children, and his sons’ wives and all their children, to the number⟳ of twelve or fifteen, in the tent. Milk and misíthra is their only food: “We have⟳ milk in plenty,” they tell⟳ me, “but no bread.” Such is the life of a modern Arcadian shepherd, who has almost reverted to the balanephagous state of his primitive ancestorsᵃ. The children, however, all look⟳ healthy, and are handsome, having large black eyes and regular features, with very dark complexions. ᵃ Ἀρκάδες Ἀζᾶνες βαλανηφάγοι, οἳ φιγάλειαν Νάσσασθ’, &c. — Orac[ulum] Pyth[iæ] ap[ud] Pausan[ian de] Arcad[iâ in] c[apite] 42. ᵃ Azanian Arcadians, acorn-eaters, who dwell in Phigaleia, &c. — Oracle of Pythia in the writings of Pausanias on Arcadia in chapter 42.”

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