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Ἐπισκαλμίσι · to the over-thole strakes (ε 2572) · Suda

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Near ε2572

ε2568provision-monies
ε2569I supply provisions [to someone]
ε2570episitos
ε2571Episthenes
ε2572to the over-thole strakes
ε2573to provision oneself
ε2574I will inspect, I will observe
ε2575episkenion, episcenium
ε2576outdoor, public

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Ἐπισκαλμίσι

to the over-thole strakes

Translated by David Whitehead25 Nov 2007Vetting: high5 revisions

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1 note · 25 words

Translation

[Meaning] to the [sc. appropriate] parts of the ship. "Having tied their blades, for the most part, to the over-thole strakes, they started to row".¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπισκαλμίσι· τοῖς τῆς νηὸς μέρεσι. πτύα ὡς πλεῖστα ταῖς ἐπισκαλμίσιν ἐντροπωσάμενοι ἤρεττον.

Betacode

*)episkalmi/si: toi=s th=s nho\s me/resi. ptu/a w(s plei=sta tai=s e)piskalmi/sin e)ntropwsa/menoi h)/retton.

Notes (1)

The headword, a dative plural, is extracted from the quotation given.
1An approximation of Agathias, Histories 5.22, on the amphibious attack by Kotrigur Huns on the Thracian Chersonese (cf. chi 215) in 559 CE; cf. Frendo (158). For the 'over-thole strake' see Lionel Casson, Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World (Baltimore 1995) 151 n.49. LSJ s.v. e)pi/skalmis has a more discursive (but less rebarbative) translation: 'the part of the rowlock on which the oar rests'; cf. Pollux 1.88, Hesychius s.v.

References

J.D. Frendo, trans., Agathias: The Histories, (Berlin 1975)

Neighbouring entries

ε2570Ἐπίσιτοςepisitos ε2571ἘπισθένηςEpisthenes ε2572Ἐπισκαλμίσιto the over-thole strakes ε2573Ἐπισκευάσασθαιto provision oneself ε2574ἘπισκέψομαιI will inspect, I will observe

Revision history5 revisions · last 24 Oct 2023

24 Oct 2023expanded n.1, added bibliography, added cross-reference — Ronald Allen
11 Jul 2015coding — Catharine Roth
18 Oct 2012another note and keyword — David Whitehead
26 Nov 2007expanded note — David Whitehead
25 Nov 2007set status — Catharine Roth
25 Nov 2007Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐπισκαλμίσι (Adler number epsilon 2572), trans. David Whitehead, 25 Nov 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/2572

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