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Βρῖθος · weight (β 540) · Suda

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Near β540

β536Brennos, Brennus
β537of Briareos
β538strong (ones)
β539burdened
β540weight
β541weighed down
β542weighing down, being weighed down
β543roaring
β544you were to roar, you might roar

Suda/Β beta/β540

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Βρῖθος

weight

Translated by Sean M. Redmond8 Oct 2001Vetting: high6 revisions

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2 notes · 43 words

Translation

[bri=qos means the same as] ba/ros.¹
"[It was] impossible to take the towers, for they could neither be easily overturned because of their weight, nor be burned because of the iron [plating]."²
And elsewhere: "he took an iron-weighted club in his right hand."³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Βρῖθος· βάρος. τοὺς πύργους ἀμήχανον ἑλεῖν, μήτε ἀνατραπῆναι ῥᾳδίως διὰ τὸ βρῖθος, μήτ' ἐμπρησθῆναι διὰ τὸν σίδηρον. καὶ αὖθις· σιδηροβριθές τ' ἔλαβε δεξιᾷ ξύλον.

Betacode

*bri=qos: ba/ros. tou\s pu/rgous a)mh/xanon e(lei=n, mh/te a)natraph=nai r(a|di/ws dia\ to\ bri=qos, mh/t' e)mprhsqh=nai dia\ to\n si/dhron. kai\ au)=qis: sidhrobriqe/s t' e)/labe decia=| cu/lon.

Notes (2)

[1] A relatively rare word meaning weight is glossed by a commonplace one. For bri=qos cf. beta 539, beta 541, beta 542.
2Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as Josephus, Jewish War 5.297 (web address 1). See on this Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II p.LXXXIII. ↩
3Aristophanes, Frogs 1402, Euripides speaking (web address 2).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

β539Βριθομένηburdened[Meaning] weighed down by the mass of things [she/it] was carrying. In the Epigrams: "of a hand burdened with disease-bringing old age."
β541Βρῖθονweighed downIn place of e)/briqon. "A wall being weighed down with both men and arms."

Neighbouring entries

β538Βριαροίstrong (ones)β539Βριθομένηburdened β540Βρῖθοςweight β541Βρῖθονweighed down β542Βρίθωνweighing down, being weighed down

Revision history6 revisions · last 27 Oct 2018

27 Oct 2018tweaked link — Catharine Roth
23 Sep 2015Revised — David Whitehead
11 Oct 2011expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
5 Feb 2011more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
5 Feb 2011tweaks, links, keyword, status — Catharine Roth
9 Oct 2001augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
8 Oct 2001Translated — Sean M. Redmond

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Βρῖθος (Adler number beta 540), trans. Sean M. Redmond, 8 Oct 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/beta/540

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