Κοίτη
bed
Translated by William Hutton28 Apr 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κοίτη· καὶ Κοιταῖος, ὁ κατὰ τὴν ὥραν τῆς κοίτης ἐρχόμενος. ὁ δὲ παρήγγειλεν ἔρχεσθαι κοιταίους.
Betacode
*koi/th: kai\ *koitai=os, o( kata\ th\n w(/ran th=s koi/ths e)rxo/menos. o( de\ parh/ggeilen e)/rxesqai koitai/ous.
Notes (2)
- The primary headword is unglossed.
- 1The adjective
koitai=os normally means 'bed-related', 'serving as a bed', 'abed', or 'encamped' vel sim. (see LSJ: web address 1). It is not otherwise attested in the sense indicated here. ↩ - 2Ascribed to Polybius (fr. 177 Büttner-Wobst), who uses the adjective more frequently than any other author, but elsewhere only in the sense of 'abed' or 'encamped'. Büttner-Wobst notes (537) that Küster attributed this fragment to Polybius. Büttner-Wobst also records (ibid.) Schweighäuser's suggestion that -- unless it has been extracted from one of Polybius's lost books -- the context of the fragment could be Polybius 5.17.9 (web address 2). The fragment would thus be associated with Philip V of Macedon's 218 BCE landing at Corinth during the Social War (220-217) and his letter to Peloponnesian cities threatening a date by which he wished to have his entire force at Tegea (approximately 60 km. directly southwest; cf. tau 211) by bedtime; cf. Walbank (552-553). ↩
References
T. Büttner-Wobst, ed., Polybii Historiae, vol. IV, (Leipzig 1904)
F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius, vol. I, (Oxford 1957)
F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius, vol. I, (Oxford 1957)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 7 Nov 2018
- removed map reference, added cross-reference — Ronald Allen
- expanded n.2, added bibliography, added map reference, added keyword, added link — Ronald Allen
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton