Χάραξιν
with stakes
Translated by David Whitehead25 Nov 2001Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] with sharp timbers, or reeds, or thorny plants.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Χάραξιν· ὀξέσι ξύλοις, ἢ καλάμοις, ἢ ἀκανθώδεσι φυτοῖς.
Betacode
*xa/racin: o)ce/si cu/lois, h)\ kala/mois, h)\ a)kanqw/desi futoi=s.
Notes
- Likewise or similarly in other lexica. The headword, dative plural, must be quoted from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities.
cf. generally chi 97.
Linked from3 entries
- 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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