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Ἐπικάρσιον · angled, crosswise (ε 2355) · Suda

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Near ε2355

ε2351accusing, charging
ε2352curved formation, flanking formation
ε2353head-first, head-foremost
ε2354fruits, products
ε2355angled, crosswise
ε2356shook down on
ε2357most timely, very timely
ε2358most timely, very timely, most suitable, very suitable
ε2359at the [right] time

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε2355

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Ἐπικάρσιον

angled, crosswise

Translated by Kevin Arrowood14 May 2002Vetting: high7 revisions

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1 note · 10 words

Translation

[Meaning something] transverse, not straight.¹ Herodotus [sc. uses the word].²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπικάρσιον· πλάγιον, οὐκ εὐθύ. Ἡρόδοτος.

Betacode

*)epika/rsion: pla/gion, ou)k eu)qu/. *(hro/dotos.

Notes (1)

[1] Something that is e)pika/rsios is therefore at a right angle to something else. This neuter nominative/accusative singular of the adjective has the same or similar glossing in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and see also the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 9.70, where the feminine nominative plural occurs (web address 1).
2From a gloss on Herodotus 7.36.1, where he does indeed use the word (of Xerxes spanning the Hellespont with a bridge of ships laid together thus: web address 2). See also Herodotus 1.180.3, of roads running at right angles (web address 3), and 4.101.3, of the distance from one end of Scythia to the other, east to west (web address 4).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 4 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

ε2353Ἐπὶ κάρhead-first, head-foremost ε2354Ἐπικαρπίαςfruits, products ε2355Ἐπικάρσιονangled, crosswise ε2356Ἐπικατέσεισενshook down on ε2357Ἐπικαιρόταταmost timely, very timely

Revision history7 revisions · last 30 Aug 2017

30 Aug 2017cosmetics — Catharine Roth
28 Jan 2016cosmetics — David Whitehead
5 Apr 2015coding — Catharine Roth
12 Oct 2012expanded n.1; tweaking — David Whitehead
24 Oct 2007typo and other cosmetics; another keyword — David Whitehead
20 May 2002fixed links — Catharine Roth
15 May 2002modified and augmented notes; added keywords — David Whitehead
14 May 2002Translated — Kevin Arrowood

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐπικάρσιον (Adler number epsilon 2355), trans. Kevin Arrowood, 14 May 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/2355

Translation by Kevin Arrowood 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 ↗