Λισσάδας πέτρας

bare rocks

Translated by David Whitehead14 Jun 2009Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 29 words

Translation

[Meaning] smooth and uniform [ones].1 "For the Scythians their boats were forced out toward the Roman warships as if toward harbourless and bare rocks. All the boats were sunk".2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λισσάδας πέτρας· λείας καὶ ὁμαλάς. τοῖς δὲ Σκύθαις πρὸς τὰς Ῥωμαϊκὰς ναῦς ὥσπερ ἀνόρμους καὶ λισσάδας πέτρας ἐξεβιάζετο τὰ σκάφη. πάντα δὲ κατεδύετο τὰ σκάφη.

Betacode
*lissa/das pe/tras: lei/as kai\ o(mala/s. toi=s de\ *sku/qais pro\s ta\s *(rwmai+ka\s nau=s w(/sper a)no/rmous kai\ lissa/das pe/tras e)cebia/zeto ta\ ska/fh. pa/nta de\ katedu/eto ta\ ska/fh. 

Notes (2)

  1. The headword phrase, in the accusative plural, is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
  2. 1cf. the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 5.412, where a singular lissh\ ... pe/trh occurs; and see also lambda 600. ↩
  3. 2Quotation unidentifiable. ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 6 Jun 2020
  1. cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. x-ref — David Whitehead
  4. set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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