Χάραξ
palisade; stake
Translated by Jennifer Benedict14 Mar 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
In the masculine [it means] an army camp.1
"The Greeks consider this to be the best stake, one which has the most and the largest projections around its base; whereas amongst Romans stakes have two or three 'wings'."2
'Demostratus' in Naturalized Citizen [writes]: "they brought the palisade up to the headland."3
But [sc. also attested] in the feminine, [meaning] the [stake] of a vine. "The stake deceived the vine."4
"The Greeks consider this to be the best stake, one which has the most and the largest projections around its base; whereas amongst Romans stakes have two or three 'wings'."2
'Demostratus' in Naturalized Citizen [writes]: "they brought the palisade up to the headland."3
But [sc. also attested] in the feminine, [meaning] the [stake] of a vine. "The stake deceived the vine."4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Χάραξ· ἀρσενικῶς τὸ στρατόπεδον. ὅτι οἱ Ἕλληνες τοῦτον ἡγοῦνται χάρακα ἄριστον, ὃς ἂν ἔχῃ πλείστας ἐκφύσεις καὶ μεγάλας πέριξ τοῦ πρέμνου· παρὰ δὲ Ῥωμαίοις δύο κεραίας ἢ τρεῖς ἔχουσιν οἱ χάρακες. Δημόστρατος Δημοποίητα· οἱ μὲν προσέφερον τὸν χάρακα πρὸς τὴν ἄκραν. θηλυκῶς δέ, ὁ τῆς ἀμπέλου. ἐξηπάτησεν ἡ χάραξ τὴν ἄμπελον.
Betacode
*xa/rac: a)rsenikw=s to\ strato/pedon. o(/ti oi( *(/ellhnes tou=ton h(gou=ntai xa/raka a)/riston, o(\s a)\n e)/xh| plei/stas e)kfu/seis kai\ mega/las pe/ric tou= pre/mnou: para\ de\ *(rwmai/ois du/o kerai/as h)\ trei=s e)/xousin oi( xa/rakes. *dhmo/stratos *dhmopoi/hta: oi( me\n prose/feron to\n xa/raka pro\s th\n a)/kran. qhlukw=s de/, o( th=s a)mpe/lou. e)chpa/thsen h( xa/rac th\n a)/mpelon.
Notes (3)
- [1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica.↩
- 2Polybius 18.18.6; again at pi 2243. ↩
- 3Timostratus [sic] fr. 2 Kock and K.-A. The Suda and other lexica (for which see below) have "Demostratus", but no such author is attested in Greek literature; Meineke's emendation to "Timostratus" is standard, and the error was evidently generated by the play's title (again a standard emendation, from the transmitted
*Dhmopoi/hta ). This part of the entry = Etymologicum Genuinum; see also ps.-Zonaras 1841, Etymologicum Magnum 806.42. ↩- 4Aristophanes, Wasps 1291 (web address 1 below); cf. chi 97, epsilon 1740, and eta 672.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from6 entries
- α2997Ἀπεκράνιξεstruck off from the head[Meaning he/she/it] separated from the head, chopped off. "With a club he struck off the bull's curved horn from its head."
- α4362Ἀτιμαγέλουof a maverick[Meaning] of one not taking part in the herd. "The cow-milker broke off the horn of a maverick bull."
- β469Βούταςherder[Meaning] herdsman. "Then he [sc. the bull] charged from one side of the herder; but he was knocking off the bull's curving horn with his cudgel."
- χ92Χάρακαpalisade, palisaded camp[Meaning a] vallum, enclosure.
- 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".
- χ97Χάραξ τὴν ἄμπελονa stake (deceived) the vine[sc. A proverbial phrase used] when something being preserved is harmed by the thing preserving it.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 17 Apr 2023
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modifications to tr; augmented notes; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict