Ἄποδας

footless

Translated by William Hutton29 Dec 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 10 words

What they call the Huns.¹ Look also under a)krosfalei=s ["wobblies"].²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἄποδας· τοὺς Οὔννους φασί. καὶ ζήτει ἐν τῷ ἀκροσφαλεῖς.

Betacode

*)/apodas: tou\s *ou)/nnous fasi/. kai\ zh/tei e)n tw=| a)krosfalei=s.

Notes (2)

Entry lacking, Adler reports, in four of the manuscripts (and marginal in two others).
1Accusative plural, presumably quoted from alpha 1018. ↩
2alpha 1018 and alpha 1019. Huns, being horsemen, made clumsy pedestrians, allegedly. ↩

Linked from1 entry

α1018Ἀκροσφαλεῖςprecarious[Meaning them] toppled-over. "He ordered them to proceed against the footless and precarious Huns". For a Hun would not easily tread the earth without horses.

Neighbouring entries

α3277Ἀποδαρθεῖνto doze off α3278Ἀποδασμόνdivision α3279Ἄποδαςfootless α3280ἈποδάσομαιI will distribute α3281Ἀποδέκταιreceivers

Revision history4 revisions · last 27 Aug 2015

27 Aug 2015another note and keyword — David Whitehead
23 Aug 2006augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
22 Aug 2006cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
30 Dec 2001Revised — David Whitehead
29 Dec 2001Translated — William Hutton