Κῶλα τοῦ ζεύγματος

arms of the bridge

Translated by Nick Nicholas15 Feb 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

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"For the Seleucians happened to be in control of both of the arms of the bridge."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κῶλα τοῦ ζεύγματος· συμβαίνει γὰρ τοὺς Σελευκεῖς κρατεῖν θατέρου τῶν κώλων τοῦ ζεύγματος.

Betacode

*kw=la tou= zeu/gmatos: sumbai/nei ga\r tou\s *seleukei=s kratei=n qate/rou tw=n kw/lwn tou= zeu/gmatos.

Notes (1)

The headword phrase, in the nominative case, is presumably generated from the quotation given, where it is genitive.
A zeu=gma (zeta 33), literally a binding, was a bridge or barrier across a waterway improvised by lashing together boats. For 'arms' cf. kappa 2231, kappa 2232.
1Quotation unidentifiable. For 'Seleucians' see generally sigma 198. ↩

Linked from1 entry

κ2232Κῶλαlimbs[Meaning] bones. "The she-camel folded her limbs under and seated herself on her breast." And elsewhere: "sitting on the ends of leaves you shrill with saw-like limbs on dark skin a lyric strain."

Neighbouring entries

κ2231Κῶλαlimbs, arms κ2232Κῶλαlimbs κ2233Κῶλα τοῦ ζεύγματοςarms of the bridge κ2234Κωλακρέταιkolakretai, colacretae, ham-collectors κ2235Κωλακρέτηςkolakretes, colacretes, ham-collector

Revision history3 revisions · last 15 Mar 2013

15 Mar 2013Revised — David Whitehead
25 Mar 2011tweaks — David Whitehead
15 Feb 2009another x-ref; keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
15 Feb 2009Translated — Nick Nicholas