Ἕρμα
ballast
Translated by Catharine Roth4 Jan 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἕρμα· Ἀρριανός· ἕρμα τε εἰς τὴν πρύμναν ἐνθέντες, τοῦ ἐξᾶραι ἐς ὕψος τὴν πρώραν, πιεζομένης κατὰ πρύμναν τῆς νηός. Ἕρμα καὶ ἡ ἀσφάλεια. ἀσύλους εἶναι τοὺς χώρους διὰ τὸ ἕρμα τοῦ ὀχυρώματος.
Betacode
*(/erma: *)arriano/s: e(/rma te ei)s th\n pru/mnan e)nqe/ntes, tou= e)ca=rai e)s u(/yos th\n prw/ran, piezome/nhs kata\ pru/mnan th=s nho/s. *(/erma kai\ h( a)sfa/leia. a)su/lous ei)=nai tou\s xw/rous dia\ to\ e(/rma tou= o)xurw/matos.
Notes (2)
- cf. epsilon 3020, epsilon 3022.↩
- 1Arrian, Anabasis 2.19.2. ↩
- 2Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 2.7.9: see also alpha 4508.
Linked from4 entries
- α4508Αὐτοματίζουσινthey act of their own accord[Meaning] they attend of their own will. "Two individuals act of their own accord. The pair of them were brothers both by birth and by choice, [...] and they point out certain safe areas through the foundation of the…
- ε3020Ἕρμαballast[Meaning a] very big stone. "He was bringing cargo ships, which he planned to sink, loaded with ballast, at the exit of the harbor so as to block the enemy entirely from [reaching] the sea."
- ε3022Ἕρμαballast, prop"The jar having fallen on a stone and been smashed ...". [Meaning on] an obstacle, a support. And Aristophanes [writes]: "instead of ballast having swallowed many lawsuits." Meaning stones; since cranes flying carry…
- ε3027ἙρματίζωI stabilize, I steady, I support[no gloss]
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Revision history3 revisions · last 11 Nov 2012
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth