Κύκλωσις

encircling movement

Translated by William Hutton28 Mar 2008Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 37 words

Translation

A type of [sc. military] formation. "[They] showing in one day1 [...] and how to encircle by means of outstanding bravery, displaying [sc. the deficiencies of] exercise in time of plenty in comparison to experience in battle."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κύκλωσις· παρατάξεως εἶδος. δείξαντες ἐν ἡμέρα μιᾷ καὶ ὅπως κυκλώσασθαι δι' ὑπερβολὴν ἀνδρείας, παρὰ τὴν χρείαν τοῦ πολέμου τὴν ἐπὶ τῆς ἐξουσίας ἄσκησιν ἐνδειξάμενος.

Betacode
*ku/klwsis: parata/cews ei)=dos. dei/cantes e)n h(me/ra mia=| kai\ o(/pws kuklw/sasqai di' u(perbolh\n a)ndrei/as, para\ th\n xrei/an tou= pole/mou th\n e)pi\ th=s e)cousi/as a)/skhsin e)ndeica/menos. 

Notes (2)

  1. 1Reading h(me/ra| mia=|, just as (albeit in reverse order) at pi 1122: see next note. (Adler's h(me/ra mia=| is surely just a slip.) ↩
  2. 2Source unknown, but quoted at greater length at pi 1122 (and see also theta 63). The quotation displays not the headword but a related verb. Curiously, the headword does appear (in the accusative) in part of the quotation omitted here. ↩

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Revision history2 revisions · last 20 Mar 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. x-ref; modified n.1; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — William Hutton

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