Βαλβίς Βαλβῖδος
starting-post; starting-post's
Translated by David Whitehead12 Oct 2000Vetting: high10 revisions
Translation
[Meaning a] low column, the starting-point, and the turn.1
"Just like those driving four-horse chariots despatched from some starting-post, once the gate had been opened."2
Also3 [sc. attested is the phrase] "at [the] starting-posts", meaning at the beginnings. It is an expression taken from racers. For the line created under the starting-gate is called a starting-post, because the runners take a stand on it. From the [verb]a(/llomai ["I leap"] [comes the noun] a(lmi/s , [which becomes] a(lbi/s , and by transposition balbi/s . Alernatively, from the [verb] bai/nw ["I go"].
"Just like those driving four-horse chariots despatched from some starting-post, once the gate had been opened."2
Also3 [sc. attested is the phrase] "at [the] starting-posts", meaning at the beginnings. It is an expression taken from racers. For the line created under the starting-gate is called a starting-post, because the runners take a stand on it. From the [verb]