Ὁλοσχοίνῳ
with a club-rush
Translated by David Whitehead12 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Aeschines in the [speech] On the Mismanaged Embassy [sc. uses the word].1 Theophrastus says that there are three kinds of rush, the third of which, outstanding in size and fleshiness, is called club-rush.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὁλοσχοίνῳ· Αἰσχίνης ἐν τῷ Περὶ τῆς παραπρεσβείας. Θεόφραστος δὲ τρία εἴδη σχοίνου φησίν, ὧν ὁ τρίτος μεγέθει καὶ εὐσαρκίᾳ διαφέρων ὁλόσχοινος καλεῖται.
Betacode
*(olosxoi/nw|: *ai)sxi/nhs e)n tw=| *peri\ th=s parapresbei/as. *qeo/frastos de\ tri/a ei)/dh sxoi/nou fhsi/n, w(=n o( tri/tos mege/qei kai\ eu)sarki/a| diafe/rwn o(lo/sxoinos kalei=tai.
Notes (2)
- Abridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v.
- 1Aeschines 2.21. ↩
- 2Theophrastus, History of Plants 4.12.1. The LSJ (web address 1) identifies this plant as Scirpus Holoschoenus. But botanists have reclassified it into a new genus, split off from Scirpus, and its scientific name is now Scirpoides holoschoenus, known commonly as roundhead bulrush (web address 2). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 plants.usda.gov
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Revision history5 revisions · last 5 Jan 2021
- expanded n.2, added links, added keyword — Ronald Allen
- tweak — Catharine Roth
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead