Μετεώρους νῆας
open-sea ships, ships on the high seas
Translated by David Whitehead27 Sep 2001Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[A phrase] in Thucydides meaning ones on the ocean and not riding at anchor, but far from land. [The adjective comes] from a metaphor of things being far from land and on a mountain [o)/ros ]. Alternatively from having left the land and staying in the air [a)h/r ].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μετεώρους νῆας· παρὰ Θουκυδίδῃ ἀντὶ τοῦ πελαγίους καὶ μὴ ἐπ' ἀγκυρῶν ἱσταμένας, ἀλλ' ἀπεχούσας τῆς γῆς. ἐκ μεταφορᾶς τῶν ἀπεχόντων τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐν ὄρει ὄντων. ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἀφεῖναι τὴν γῆν καὶ περὶ τὸν ἀέρα λοιπὸν εἶναι.
Betacode
*metew/rous nh=as: para\ *qoukudi/dh| a)nti\ tou= pelagi/ous kai\ mh\ e)p' a)gkurw=n i(stame/nas, a)ll' a)pexou/sas th=s gh=s. e)k metafora=s tw=n a)pexo/ntwn th=s gh=s kai\ e)n o)/rei o)/ntwn. h)\ para\ to\ a)fei=nai th\n gh=n kai\ peri\ to\n a)e/ra loipo\n ei)=nai.
Notes
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- μ764Μετέωραlifted-up, haughty[Meaning] lofty [ones]. Agathias [writes]: "all the townships of Italy were lifted-up and agitated." Meaning ready to face an attack.
- μ770Μετέωρονraised up, lofty; agitated[Meaning] on high. "For the spear-bearers lifting Syphax on high carried him into what is called the Thirty-foot, throwing [him] down." Josephus [writes]: "[that] it is better to leave the guilty one agitated by fear"
- μ772Μετέωροςraised-up, stirred-up[Meaning] one who is already prepared for some activity. "As the cities were stirred-up for rebellion, [he] attacked [them]." And elsewhere: "having long been stirred-up for the sight of Olympia, [Aemilius] set out."…
- μ774Μετέωροιlifted-up, raised-up"They were lifted-up in their souls and still vacillating in regard to the future."
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