Κασπίῳ λίθῳ
with Caspian stone
Translated by Catharine Roth13 Sep 2006Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
"The Caspians used to have spears for close fighting, tipped with Caspian stone, which they say is sharpest for piercing and puts a kind of deadly venom into the wound."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κασπίῳ λίθῳ· οἱ Κάσπιοι εἶχον ἀγχέμαχα δόρατα, τεθηγμένα λίθῳ Κασπίῳ, ὃν ὀξύτατόν τε φασὶ τρῶσαι καί τινα ἰὸν ἐμποιεῖν τῷ τραύματι ὀλέθριον.
Betacode
*kaspi/w| li/qw|: oi( *ka/spioi ei)=xon a)gxe/maxa do/rata, teqhgme/na li/qw| *kaspi/w|, o(\n o)cu/tato/n te fasi\ trw=sai kai/ tina i)o\n e)mpoiei=n tw=| trau/mati o)le/qrion.
Notes
- The headword phrase, in the dative case, is presumably extracted from the unidentifiable quotation given.
For Caspian matters cf. generally kappa 460. For close fighting/fighters see also under iota 437, lambda 254, sigma 1726.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 29 Jan 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more x-refs — David Whitehead
- supplied notes; added more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth