Μόχθος
hardship, toil
Translated by Ronald Allen26 Jun 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] trouble.
The Pisidian [writes]: "he was having no hardship in fording the Euphrates."1
The Pisidian [writes]: "he was having no hardship in fording the Euphrates."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μόχθος· κόπος. Πισίδης· οὐκ εἶχε μόχθον εἰς τὸν Εὐφράτην πόρον.
Betacode
*mo/xqos: ko/pos. *pisi/dhs: ou)k ei)=xe mo/xqon ei)s to\n *eu)fra/thn po/ron.
Notes (1)
- The headword is a (commonplace) masculine noun in the nominative singular (cf. alpha 3215 for it as a nickname). In the quotation given it appears in the accusative singular.
For cognates cf. mu 1307, mu 1308, mu 1309, mu 1310. - 1George of Pisidia, Heraclias 3 fr. 16 Tartaglia. In March 625 Heraclius crossed the Euphrates during his advance toward Samosata (modern-day Samsat, Adiyaman Province, Turkey); cf. Tartaglia (229, n. 88) and epsilon 55 note. The Euphrates River is the longest river in western Asia and generally follows a course to the west of the Tigris River (cf. tau 559), with which in antiquity it was connected by various navigation and irrigation canals; cf. epsilon 3810, and see OCD(4) s.v. ↩
References
L. Tartaglia, ed., Carmi di Giorgio di Pisidia, (Torino 1998)
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Revision history5 revisions · last 10 Nov 2025
- expanded n.1; added bibliography, cross-reference, and keyword — Ronald Allen
- tweaked reference — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics; modified keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ronald Allen