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Διοπτῆρες · scouts (δ 1193) · Suda

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δ1189to escort [evil] away
δ1190captain
δ1191intending to spy upon
δ1192scout
δ1193scouts
δ1194able to look through [something]
δ1195dioptra
δ1196I amend, I make good, I redeem
δ1197I delimit, I separate [by a boundary]

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Διοπτῆρες

scouts

Translated by Antonella Ippolito11 Jan 2005Vetting: high7 revisions

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1 note · 36 words

Translation

[Meaning] the watchers, the advanced guards.¹ "Because of the rain pouring down, as the Avars contrived, and the air being foggy and dark, the scouts were not able to distinguish the enemy coming to assault" ².

Greek original · Adler’s text

Διοπτῆρες· οἱ ἐπιτηρηταί, οἱ προφύλακες. καταχεομένου τοῦ ἐξ ἐπιτεχνήσεως ὄμβρου τῶν Ἀβάρων καὶ συννεφοῦς ὄντος τοῦ ἀέρος καὶ ἐσέτι σκοτώδους οὐχ οἷοί τε ἐγένοντο οἱ διοπτῆρες διαγνῶναι ἐπιόντας τοὺς δυσμενεῖς.

Betacode

*diopth=res: oi( e)pithrhtai/, oi( profu/lakes. kataxeome/nou tou= e)c e)pitexnh/sews o)/mbrou tw=n *)aba/rwn kai\ sunnefou=s o)/ntos tou= a)e/ros kai\ e)se/ti skotw/dous ou)x oi(=oi/ te e)ge/nonto oi( diopth=res diagnw=nai e)pio/ntas tou\s dusmenei=s.

Notes (1)

[1] cf. delta 1992, and see also e.g. Aeschylus, Seven against Thebes 36 (katopth=ras stratou=) with the scholia there.
2This unattributed historiographical quotation apparently stems from Menander the Guardsman (a.k.a. Menander Protector). Blockley registers it as fr. 35.2, while expressing (287 with n.329) some uncertainty about the attribution. On the Avars see alpha 18.

References

R.C. Blockley, The history of Menander the Guardsman: introductory essay, text, translation and historiographical notes, Liverpool, Cairns, 1985

Linked from2 entries

δ1192Διοπτῆραscout[Meaning] spy, inspector. A diopth/r [is] also a mechanical tool, with which the height of battlements used to be determined. Alternatively [sc. found as] dio/ptra.
ε2452Ἐπίλυσινresponse[Meaning] approach. "He sends John, so that he might employ a forward-guard and might learn in advance the response of the barbarians."

Neighbouring entries

δ1191Διοπτεύσωνintending to spy upon δ1192Διοπτῆραscout δ1193Διοπτῆρεςscouts δ1194Διόπτηςable to look through [something]δ1195Διόπτραdioptra

Revision history7 revisions · last 2 Sep 2024

2 Sep 2024tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
1 Sep 2024added cross-reference n.2 — Ronald Allen
4 Sep 2016cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
16 Nov 2014Revised — David Whitehead
16 Nov 2014coding — Catharine Roth
12 Jul 2012more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
12 Jan 2005augmented and modified notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
11 Jan 2005Translated — Antonella Ippolito

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Διοπτῆρες (Adler number delta 1193), trans. Antonella Ippolito, 11 Jan 2005. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/1193

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