Μύλη

mill, bottom millstone

Translated by Abram Ring5 May 2009Vetting: high4 revisions

3 notes · 34 words

[Meaning] the lower millstone;¹ for the upper one is called a donkey.²
Procopius [writes]: "and when the aqueducts of the Roman territory had been taken apart, the water no longer powered the bottom millstones."³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μύλη· τὸ κάτω τοῦ μύλου· ὁ γὰρ ἄνω ὄνος λέγεται. Προκόπιος· τῶν δὲ ὀχετῶν γῆς Ῥωμαίων διαιρεθέντων, οὐκέτι τὸ ὕδωρ τὰς μύλας ἐνήργει.

Betacode

*mu/lh: to\ ka/tw tou= mu/lou: o( ga\r a)/nw o)/nos le/getai. *proko/pios: tw=n de\ o)xetw=n gh=s *(rwmai/wn diaireqe/ntwn, ou)ke/ti to\ u(/dwr ta\s mu/las e)nh/rgei.

Notes (3)

1LSJ s.v. mu/lh, h( II "nether millstone". ↩
2LSJ s.v. o)/nos, o( VII.2 "the upper millstone" cf. Xenophon, Anabasis 1.5.5. ↩
3Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 5.19.19 (web address 1), with minor omissions. This concerns the Goths' attack on Rome and Belisarius' [beta 233] defense; cf. Kaldellis (297). For Procopius, see generally pi 2479. ↩

References

A. Kaldellis, ed. and H.B. Dewing, trans., Prokopios: The Wars of Justinian, (Indianapolis 2014)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

μ1402Μύλακεςmillstones[Meaning] stones for milling. The singular [is] mu/lac. "The king/emperor had a golden mill, from which he used to be fed."

Neighbouring entries

μ1406Μύλαιmolars μ1407ΜυλαῖοςMylaian, Mylaean μ1408Μύληmill, bottom millstone μ1409Μυλήφατοςmill-bruised μ1410Μυλιόωντεςteeth-gnashing

Revision history4 revisions · last 10 Mar 2024

10 Mar 2024added and link bibliography n.3 — Ronald Allen
29 May 2013more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
6 May 2009another x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
5 May 2009tweaks and keywords, status — Catharine Roth
5 May 2009Translated — Abram Ring

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