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Ἔπαυλις · encampment (ε 1993) · Suda

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ε1989by the courtyard
ε1990sleepover
ε1991encampment
ε1992encampment-bound
ε1993encampment
ε1994to profit from
ε1995I blow gently
ε1996with one's very eyes
ε1997in the very act (of theft), red-handed

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Ἔπαυλις

encampment

Translated by William Hutton28 Aug 2007Vetting: high5 revisions

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Translation

[Meaning] a corral of [= for] cattle, and a yard of [= for] sheep.¹
"At that time, then, both sides made their encampment on the mound, both the Romans and the Carthaginians."² That is, [made] their bivouac.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἔπαυλις· μάνδρα βοῶν, καὶ προβάτων αὐλή. τότε μὲν οὖν ἀμφότεροι τὴν ἔπαυλιν ἐπὶ τοῦ χώματος ἐποιήσαντο οἵ τε Ῥωμαῖοι καὶ οἱ Καρχηδόνιοι. τουτέστι τὴν κοίτην.

Betacode

*)/epaulis: ma/ndra bow=n, kai\ proba/twn au)lh/. to/te me\n ou)=n a)mfo/teroi th\n e)/paulin e)pi\ tou= xw/matos e)poih/santo oi(/ te *(rwmai=oi kai\ oi( *karxhdo/nioi. toute/sti th\n koi/thn.

Notes (1)

[1] The same or similar glosses for this noun can be found in Hesychius epsilon4260, Lexica Segueriana 226.27, Etymologicum Magnum 353.57, and the scholia to Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.800. See also epsilon 1991.
2Polybios fr. 145 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (145) that Casaubon attributed this fragment to Polybios and that Schweighäuser associated this fragment with the action described in 38.19, i.e. the fall of Carthage in 146 BCE; cf. sigma 73. Büttner-Wobst brackets the words "both the Romans and the Carthaginians" (ibid.). Walbank agrees (720) with Schweighäuser that this fragment probably pertains to Scipio's siege of Carthage and, in particular, his attempt to blockade the city by constructing a mole across the harbor entrance (718-719). Walbank points out that at the north end of the mole, and rising near the south-east corner of the city, was a hill from which the Romans launched (failed) attacks on the city and that seems to correspond to the mound (xw=ma) referred to in the fragment (ibid.).

References

T. Büttner-Wobst, ed., Polybii Historiae, vol. IV, (Leipzig 1904)
F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius, vol. III, (Oxford 1979)

Linked from1 entry

ε1991Ἔπαυλιςencampment[Meaning] the dwelling, in which they make the camp. But a 'camp' [is] the bedding. Also [sc. attested is] 'encampment-bound', one who is going to the encampment. "Harming no one among men or mortals, he departed…

Neighbouring entries

ε1991Ἔπαυλιςencampment ε1992Ἐπαυλόσυνοςencampment-bound ε1993Ἔπαυλιςencampment ε1994Ἐπαύρασθαιto profit from ε1995ἘπαυρίζωI blow gently

Revision history5 revisions · last 9 Oct 2018

9 Oct 2018added cross-reference to n.2 — Ronald Allen
8 Oct 2018expanded n.2, added bibliography, added keyword — Ronald Allen
20 Jan 2016cosmetics — David Whitehead
1 Oct 2012Revised — David Whitehead
28 Aug 2007tweaks and cosmetics; augmented n.2 — David Whitehead
28 Aug 2007Translated — William Hutton

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἔπαυλις (Adler number epsilon 1993), trans. William Hutton, 28 Aug 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/1993

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