Others may fight the παροψὶς for their seat.
And Aristophanes says, in his Dædalus,—
All women have one set of principles,
And have a lover, like a παροψὶς, ready.
And Plato says, in his Festivals,—
Whence barley-cakes may be got, and παροψίδες.
But he is speaking here of cooking and seasoning onions. But the Attic writers, O my Syri-Attic friend Ulpian, use ἔμβαμμα also in this sense; as Theopompus says, in his Peace:—
Bread's a good thing; but flattery and tricks,
When added as a seasoning (ἔμβαμμα) to bread,
Are odious as can be.
6. When speaking of hams, they use the two forms κωλῆ and κωλήν. Eupolis, in his Autolycus, says—
The legs and hams (κῳλῆες) out of the soup.
And Euripides, in his Sciron, says—