Κάρφη
hay
Translated by Ryan Stone19 Mar 2008Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the dry and light grass.1
"They filled the skins they had for tent-covers with hay. Then they gathered the skins and sewed them together, so that the water would not touch the hay."2
[This form] is used in the feminine.
Arrian [writes]: "and the skin [tents] being filled with hay and the entire bank appearing to be full of [troops] did not let Poros rest."3
And a neuter [form] is also used,to\ ka/rfos , [dative] tw=| ka/rfei .4
"They filled the skins they had for tent-covers with hay. Then they gathered the skins and sewed them together, so that the water would not touch the hay."2
[This form] is used in the feminine.
Arrian [writes]: "and the skin [tents] being filled with hay and the entire bank appearing to be full of [troops] did not let Poros rest."3
And a neuter [form] is also used,
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κάρφη· ὁ ξηρὸς καὶ κοῦφος χόρτος. διφθέρας εἶχον σκεπάσματα ἐπίμπλασαν χόρτου κούφου. εἶτα συνῆγον καὶ συνέσπων τὰς διφθέρας, ὡς μὴ ἅπτεσθαι τῆς κάρφης τὸ ὕδωρ. λέγεται δὲ θηλυκῶς. Ἀρριανός· καὶ αἱ διφθέραι τῆς κάρφης ἐμπιπλάμεναι καὶ ἡ ὄχθη πᾶσα πλήρης φαινομένη οὐκ εἴα ἠρεμεῖν τὸν Πόρον. λέγεται καὶ οὐδετέρως τὸ κάρφος, τῷ κάρφει.
Betacode
*ka/rfh: o( chro\s kai\ kou=fos xo/rtos. difqe/ras ei)=xon skepa/smata e)pi/mplasan xo/rtou kou/fou. ei)=ta sunh=gon kai\ sune/spwn ta\s difqe/ras, w(s mh\ a(/ptesqai th=s ka/rfhs to\ u(/dwr. le/getai de\ qhlukw=s. *)arriano/s: kai\ ai( difqe/rai th=s ka/rfhs e)mpipla/menai kai\ h( o)/xqh pa=sa plh/rhs fainome/nh ou)k ei)/a h)remei=n to\n *po/ron. le/getai kai\ ou)dete/rws to\ ka/rfos, tw=| ka/rfei.
Notes (4)
External resources
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Revision history7 revisions · last 18 Apr 2019
- restored lost words — Catharine Roth
- tweaked translation at Ron Allen's suggestion — Catharine Roth
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- more notes — Jennifer Benedict
- modified tr. and notes, added link, set status — Jennifer Benedict
- Translated — Ryan Stone