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Κατὰ κάθετον · perpendicularly, vertically (κ 565) · 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 κ565

κ561we will inspect
κ562leaping down
κ563in one's heart
κ564a death suiting one's heart
κ565perpendicularly, vertically
κ566calling back, summoning back
κ567katakasa, whore
κ568I exult over
κ569to grind roasted barley

Suda/Κ kappa/κ565

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Κατὰ κάθετον

perpendicularly, vertically

Translated by David Whitehead28 Apr 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

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2 notes · 34 words

Translation

[Meaning] the distances from height to depth.¹
"There was a hand-made tank for the collection of water; in the vertical it was no less than one plethron, but more than two plethra in diameter".²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κατὰ κάθετον· τὰ ἀπὸ ὕψους εἰς βάθος διαστήματα. λάκκος ἦν χειροποίητος πρὸς ὕδατος συναγωγήν, ἔχων τὴν μὲν κάθετον οὐκ ἐλάττω πλέθρου, τὴν δὲ διάμετρον πλεῖον ἢ δυεῖν πλέθρων.

Betacode

*kata\ ka/qeton: ta\ a)po\ u(/yous ei)s ba/qos diasth/mata. la/kkos h)=n xeiropoi/htos pro\s u(/datos sunagwgh/n, e)/xwn th\n me\n ka/qeton ou)k e)la/ttw ple/qrou, th\n de\ dia/metron plei=on h)\ duei=n ple/qrwn.

Notes (2)

cf. generally kappa 60.
1Same or similar glossing in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa270 Theodoridis. ↩
2Quotation unidentifiable. The plethron is best-attested as a unit of area, but it can also mean a length (of c.100 feet): see pi 1719, pi 1720.

Neighbouring entries

κ563Καταθύμιονin one's heart κ564Καταθύμιος θάνατοςa death suiting one's heart κ565Κατὰ κάθετονperpendicularly, vertically κ566Κατακαλῶνcalling back, summoning back κ567Κατακᾶσαkatakasa, whore

Revision history3 revisions · last 31 Jan 2013

31 Jan 2013Revised — David Whitehead
29 Apr 2008more keywords — David Whitehead
28 Apr 2008added cross-references, set status — Catharine Roth
28 Apr 2008Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Κατὰ κάθετον (Adler number kappa 565), trans. David Whitehead, 28 Apr 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/565

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 ↗