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Καθέδρα · siege (κ 46) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near κ46

κ42you will bring down, you will destroy
κ43they will bring down
κ44I cleanse, I purge, I purify
κ45to sit
κ46siege
κ47every single
κ48having overpowered
κ49I will put you down
κ50sending down

Suda/Κ kappa/κ46

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Καθέδρα

siege

Translated by David Whitehead16 Jul 2001Vetting: high3 revisions

definition
historiography
military affairs

1 note · 4 words

Translation

[Meaning] delay in Thucydides.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Καθέδρα· ἡ ἐπίσχεσις παρὰ Θουκυδίδῃ.

Betacode

*kaqe/dra: h( e)pi/sxesis para\ *qoukudi/dh|.

Notes (1)

Same entry (from Aelius Dionysius kappa2) in Photius.

1

Thucydides 2.18.5, on the Spartans at Oinoe in 431 BCE (web address 1). The gloss was evidently thought necessary because the headword kaqe/dra has several other meanings; and the gloss is less a genuine synonym than a reminder (via a noun used earlier in the chapter) of what the siege had brought about.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

κ44ΚαθαίρωI cleanse, I purge, I purify κ45Καθεδεῖσθαιto sit κ46Καθέδραsiege κ47Καθεκάστην Καθέκασταevery single κ48Καθελώνhaving overpowered

Revision history3 revisions · last 21 Jan 2013

21 Jan 2013Revised — David Whitehead
19 Oct 2003Revised — David Whitehead
23 Oct 2002added link — Catharine Roth
16 Jul 2001Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Καθέδρα (Adler number kappa 46), trans. David Whitehead, 16 Jul 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/46

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