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Ἀποσταυροῦντες · palisading (α 3548) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near α3548

α3544abducting
α3545stand away! get out of the way!
α3546distance
α3547I will be parted from, I will abandon
α3548palisading
α3549I might keep aloof, I might rebel, I might revolt
α3550to keep away
α3551I send off
α3552I withdraw (from)

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Ἀποσταυροῦντες

palisading

Translated by Jennifer Benedict3 Jun 2001Vetting: high6 revisions

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2 notes · 25 words

Translation

[Meaning they] shutting in with palisades.¹ "They fortified the coastal part of the peninsula in a circle by palisading and surrounding [it] with a stockade."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀποσταυροῦντες· σταυροῖς περικλείοντες. κύκλῳ τὸ νησίζον τῆς χερρονήσου ὠχύρουν ἀποσταυροῦντες καὶ περιχαρακοῦντες.

Betacode

*)apostaurou=ntes: stauroi=s periklei/ontes. ku/klw| to\ nhsi/zon th=s xerronh/sou w)xu/roun a)postaurou=ntes kai\ perixarakou=ntes.

Notes (2)

The headword participle is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
1cf. alpha 3067. ↩
2Polybius 4.56.8 (approximated), of the efforts of the people of Sinope to keep out King Mithridates II of Pontus in c.220 BCE.

Linked from1 entry

α3067Ἀπεσταύρουνthey were palisading off[Meaning] they were fencing off with stakes. Thucydides [writes]: "using stones and bricks and chopping trees and wood they made a palisade wherever it was at all necessary."

Neighbouring entries

α3546Ἀπόστασιςdistance α3547ἈποστατήσωI will be parted from, I will abandon α3548Ἀποσταυροῦντεςpalisading α3549ἈποσταίηνI might keep aloof, I might rebel, I might revolt α3550Ἀποστέγεινto keep away

Revision history6 revisions · last 29 Aug 2015

29 Aug 2015 — David Whitehead
5 Apr 2012another note; more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
22 Aug 2002added keyword — David Whitehead
4 Jun 2001augmented note; added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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3 Jun 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀποσταυροῦντες (Adler number alpha 3548), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 3 Jun 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/3548

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗