Ἀμφίκοιλον ξύλον
a doubly-concave timber, a timber concave on both sides
Translated by Jennifer Benedict26 Oct 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning a] yoke, on which workers hang and weigh their loads. It should therefore be described as a)mfi/kurton ["doubly-convex"], which [would] also [be] true.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀμφίκοιλον ξύλον· ἀνάφορον, ἐν ᾧ τὰ φορτία ἐξαρτήσαντες οἱ ἐργάται βαστάζουσιν. ἀμφίκυρτον οὖν γραπτέον, ὅπερ καὶ ἀληθές.
Betacode
*)amfi/koilon cu/lon: a)na/foron, e)n w(=| ta\ forti/a e)carth/santes oi( e)rga/tai basta/zousin. a)mfi/kurton ou)=n grapte/on, o(/per kai\ a)lhqe/s.