Ἡλιοτρόπιον

sundial

Translated by Catharine Roth23 Jul 2006Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 22 words

[Meaning a] clock.¹
A gnomon is what is fixed in sun-dials; [it is] what Anaximander invented and set up on the shadow-clocks.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἡλιοτρόπιον· ὡρολογεῖον. ὅτι γνώμων ἐστὶ τὸ ἐν τοῖς ἡλιοτροπίοις πηγνύμενον, ὅπερ ἐφεῦρεν Ἀναξίμανδρος καὶ ἔστησεν ἐπὶ τῶν σκιοθήρων.

Betacode

*(hliotro/pion: w(rologei=on. o(/ti gnw/mwn e)sti\ to\ e)n toi=s h(liotropi/ois phgnu/menon, o(/per e)feu=ren *)anaci/mandros kai\ e)/sthsen e)pi\ tw=n skioqh/rwn.

Notes (2)

1In e.g. Athenaeus, Plutarch, and a scholion on Aristophanes, Birds 998. See also sigma 613, omega 199. ↩
2From gamma 346. ↩

Linked from1 entry

γ346Γνώμωνsundial-pointer[Meaning] that which is fixed in sundials. [That] which Anaximander discovered and set upon sundials.

Neighbouring entries

η239Ἥλιοςsun η240Ἡλιοστερὴς κυνῆsun-depriving helmet η241Ἡλιοτρόπιονsundial η242ἩλιούπολιςHelioupolis, Heliopolis η243Ἦλις ἬλιδοςElis, of Elis

Revision history2 revisions · last 14 Dec 2012

14 Dec 2012tweaking — David Whitehead
24 Jul 2006more keywords — David Whitehead
23 Jul 2006Translated — Catharine Roth