Ἀποκαυλίζεσθαι
to snap the point off
Translated by David Whitehead18 Mar 2001Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[To snap the point off] the mechanical ram.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀποκαυλίζεσθαι τὸν μηχανικὸν κριόν.
Betacode
*)apokauli/zesqai to\n mhxaniko\n krio/n.
Notes
- From kappa 2434.
For the activea)pokauli/zein meaning snapping the point, or "stalk" (cf. generally kappa 1134), off a battering-ram see epsilon 949. The middle can presumably mean much the same.