Ἐφεστρίς
ephestris, mantle
Translated by William Hutton11 Feb 2007Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐφεστρίς. ἐξ ὧν οἱ τοξόται ταῖς ἐφεστρίσι καλυπτόμενοι βάλλουσι τοὺς ἐπὶ τῶν τειχῶν. ὕφασμα ἐξ αἰγείων τριχῶν. ἀρτῶντες κύκλῳ ἐφεστρίδας καὶ νάκη, ὡς ἂν τὰ τοιαῦτα προβλήματα μὴ εὔφλεκτα εἴη.
Betacode
*)efestri/s. e)c w(=n oi( toco/tai tai=s e)festri/si kalupto/menoi ba/llousi tou\s e)pi\ tw=n teixw=n. u(/fasma e)c ai)gei/wn trixw=n. a)rtw=ntes ku/klw| e)festri/das kai\ na/kh, w(s a)\n ta\ toiau=ta problh/mata mh\ eu)/flekta ei)/h.
Notes (3)
- For entries with the same headword see also epsilon 3873 and epsilon 3875.↩
- 1Quotation unidentifiable (but perhaps from the same work as the other quotation here, which also deals with siege tactics). ↩
- 2This delayed gloss on the headword is unparalleled elsewhere, but for '[made] out of goat hairs' see also under epsilon 52 (and cf. more generally kappa 1588). ↩
- 3Dexippus FGrH 100 F29.23-24 (preserved in the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti).
Linked from2 entries
- ε3873Ἐφεστρίςephestris, mantle[Meaning] a Roman cloak. It is also called manduês and birron; when any of these is seen in a dream it signifies afflictions.
- ε3875Ἐφεστρίςephestris, mantle[Meaning] a shawl. Agathias [writes]: "many females were wandering along the battlements, causing a ruckus and shredding their mantles." And elsewhere: "we are not carrying an abundance of possessions, except for a…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 27 Mar 2018
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- another note; tweaks — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton