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Διώροφον · two-storey (δ 1251) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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δ1247I will pursue you on a charge of cowardice
δ1248Diores
δ1249breathing-space, time-slot, window of opportunity
δ1250was putting to rights
δ1251two-storey
δ1252conduit
δ1253passage
δ1254we will reject
δ1255with poles running through rings

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Διώροφον

two-storey

Translated by Antonella Ippolito7 Mar 2005Vetting: high6 revisions

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Translation

[Meaning] the building which has 2 roofs.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Διώροφον· τὸ οἴκημα τὸ βʹ ἔχον στέγας.

Betacode

*diw/rofon: to\ oi)/khma to\ b# e)/xon ste/gas.

Notes

Briefer entry on the same lines in ps.-Zonaras delta527: diw/rofon: to\ di/stegon.
The headword adjective is here neuter singular and must be quoted from somewhere, probably Appian, Libyca 450, diw/rofon d' h)=n e(ka/stou tei/xous to\ u(/yos. See also Procopius, On Buildings 2.1.16.
More broadly, note Genesis 6.16 LXX: neuter plural diw/rofa in God's instructions to Noah for building the Ark (and many passages from Christian writers related to it).
For the explanation and the etymology see Herodian, Partitiones 20.10 diw/rofos oi)=kos: o( du/w o)ro/fous e)/xwn; 204.1, where the word is compared to such similar adjectives as a)nw/rofos, triw/rofos, poluw/rofos, o(mw/rofos; 241.3.

Neighbouring entries

δ1249Διωρίαbreathing-space, time-slot, window of opportunity δ1250Διώρθουwas putting to rights δ1251Διώροφονtwo-storey δ1252Διώρυξconduit δ1253Διωρυχήpassage

Revision history6 revisions · last 10 Sep 2016

10 Sep 2016betacode tweak — Catharine Roth
12 Nov 2015coding — David Whitehead
16 Nov 2014Revised — David Whitehead
16 Nov 2014coding — Catharine Roth
13 Jul 2012tweaked and expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
8 Mar 2005tweaked headword and translation; added a keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
7 Mar 2005Translated — Antonella Ippolito

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Διώροφον (Adler number delta 1251), trans. Antonella Ippolito, 7 Mar 2005. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/1251

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