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Χάρακα · palisade, palisaded camp (χ 92) · Suda

Letters

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 χ92

χ88ravine lion
χ89of gullied ground, of ravined ground
χ90charadrios, plover
χ91is being gullied
χ92palisade, palisaded camp
χ93stockade
χ94characters
χ95Charax
χ96palisade; stake

Suda/Χ chi/χ92

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Χάρακα

palisade, palisaded camp

Translated by Jennifer Benedict14 Mar 2008Vetting: high5 revisions

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4 words

Translation

[Meaning a] vallum, enclosure.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Χάρακα· χαράκωμα, περίφραγμα.

Betacode

*xa/raka: xara/kwma, peri/fragma.

Notes

Likewise or similarly in other lexica. For the first gloss cf. chi 93.
The headword is accusative singular of the noun xa/rac (chi 96, chi 97, chi 98), evidently quoted from somewhere; perhaps Thucydides 3.70.4 or Demosthenes 18.87, but there are many other possibilities.

Linked from1 entry

χ93Χαράκωμαstockade[Meaning] the [construction] which some used to build round a camp, for safety. So Demosthenes [sc. uses the word]. And Menander [says] "for many left the palisade and were sacking the villages".

Neighbouring entries

χ90Χαραδριόςcharadrios, plover χ91Χαραδροῦταιis being gullied χ92Χάρακαpalisade, palisaded camp χ93Χαράκωμαstockade χ94Χαρακτῆρεςcharacters

Revision history5 revisions · last 8 Nov 2013

8 Nov 2013 — David Whitehead
7 Aug 2011 — David Whitehead
14 Mar 2008modified note; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
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14 Mar 2008Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Χάρακα (Adler number chi 92), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 14 Mar 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/chi/92

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 ↗