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Κυρτὴ · convex (κ 2781) · Suda

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Near κ2781

κ2777Kyros, Cyrus, Kurash
κ2778Kyros, Cyrus, Kurush
κ2779Kyronidai, Kyronids; Koironidai, Koironids
κ2780whippersnapper
κ2781convex
κ2782vault
κ2783might happen upon
κ2784kiss me
κ2785bladder

Suda/Κ kappa/κ2781

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Κυρτὴ

convex

Translated by William Hutton6 Mar 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

definition
imagery
military affairs
philosophy
rhetoric

2 notes · 59 words

Translation

and¹ hollow formation, and curved both to the back and to the front, that which has a front that is hollow or convex or curved; and this [last], as has been said, either to the back or to the front.² Thus its types number six, from that formed of the three either to the back or to the front.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κυρτὴ καὶ κοίλη παράταξις, καὶ ἐπικάμπιος εἰς τοὐπίσω τε καὶ πρόσω, ἡ τὸ στόμα κοῖλον ἔχουσα ἢ κυρτὸν ἢ ἐπικαμπές· καὶ τοῦτο, ὡς εἴρηται, ἢ εἰς τοὐπίσω ἢ εἰς τὸ πρόσω. ὥστε τὰ εἴδη αὐτοῦ γίνεται ἕξ, ἐκ τῆς τῶν τριῶν ἢ εἰς τοὐπίσω σχηματιζομένης ἢ εἰς τὸ πρόσω.

Betacode

*kurth\ kai\ koi/lh para/tacis, kai\ e)pika/mpios ei)s tou)pi/sw te kai\ pro/sw, h( to\ sto/ma koi=lon e)/xousa h)\ kurto\n h)\ e)pikampe/s: kai\ tou=to, w(s ei)/rhtai, h)\ ei)s tou)pi/sw h)\ ei)s to\ pro/sw. w(/ste ta\ ei)/dh au)tou= gi/netai e(/c, e)k th=s tw=n triw=n h)\ ei)s tou)pi/sw sxhmatizome/nhs h)\ ei)s to\ pro/sw.

Notes (2)

Also repeated in the tactical lexicon at the end of the Suda
1Meaning, in fact 'or'; see what follows (and LSJ s.v.) ↩
2cf. Asclepiodotus 11.1. ↩

Linked from1 entry

κ2782ΚύρτωμαvaultThat which is called an arch. For ancient people used to build a vault over their cistern to provide shade.

Neighbouring entries

κ2779ΚυρωνίδαιKyronidai, Kyronids; Koironidai, Koironids κ2780Κυρσάνιεwhippersnapper κ2781Κυρτὴconvex κ2782Κύρτωμαvault κ2783Κυροῖmight happen upon

Revision history3 revisions · last 25 Mar 2013

25 Mar 2013tweaking — David Whitehead
6 Mar 2008cosmeticules — William Hutton
6 Mar 2008augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
6 Mar 2008Translated — William Hutton

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Κυρτὴ (Adler number kappa 2781), trans. William Hutton, 6 Mar 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/2781

Translation by William Hutton for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, William Hutton, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗