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Δρυπολεῖν · to go around (with) trees (δ 1550) · 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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δ1546Dryopes
δ1547stocks
δ1548ripe olive
δ1549tree-ripened
δ1550to go around (with) trees
δ1551Drus, Drys
δ1552oak
δ1553oak-cutter
δ1554railings

Suda/Δ delta/δ1550

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Δρυπολεῖν

to go around (with) trees

Translated by Catharine Roth22 Mar 2005Vetting: high6 revisions

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Translation

The [verb that means] to besiege with timbers.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δρυπολεῖν· τὸ ξύλοις πολιορκεῖν.

Betacode

*drupolei=n: to\ cu/lois poliorkei=n.

Notes

The headword verb is unattested outside lexicographers (et al.), who were unsure of its meaning. Photius and ps.-Zonaras give the same gloss as here, but Hesychius delta2441 glosses the third-person singular indicative drupolei= (presumably quoted from somewhere) in three different ways: talaipwrei= ("is in a miserable state"; cf. tau 49), o)reibatei= ("walks on mountains"; cf. omicron 544), and puri\ poliorkei= ("besieges with fire"). See also Eustathius' Commentary on the Odyssey (2.30.1): to\ cu/lois a(plw=s poliorkei=n h)\ to\ kakohqi/zesqai "simply to besiege with timbers, or to behave maliciously (?)".

Linked from1 entry

δ1553Δρυτόμοςoak-cutter[Meaning a] wood-cutter, tree-cutter.

Neighbouring entries

δ1548Δρύππαripe olive δ1549Δρυπέπηςtree-ripened δ1550Δρυπολεῖνto go around (with) trees δ1551ΔρῦςDrus, Drys δ1552Δρῦςoak

Revision history6 revisions · last 24 Sep 2016

24 Sep 2016expanded note — Catharine Roth
16 Nov 2015coding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
18 Jul 2012expanded note; more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
3 Aug 2011deleted link — Catharine Roth
22 Mar 2005cosmetics — Catharine Roth
22 Mar 2005augmented note — David Whitehead
22 Mar 2005Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Δρυπολεῖν (Adler number delta 1550), trans. Catharine Roth, 22 Mar 2005. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/1550

Translation by Catharine Roth 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 ↗