Ὀρθία

upright

Translated by David Whitehead21 Feb 2010Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 49 words
An 'upright' phalanx is the term used when it marches in column/file, having a depth many times larger than the length.1 In general 'extended' is the term for every arrangement which has a length larger than the depth, but 'upright' for when the depth [is larger] than the length.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὀρθία· ὀρθία λέγεται φάλαγξ, ὅταν ἐπὶ κέρας πορεύηται, πολλαπλάσιον ἔχουσα τὸ βάθος τοῦ μήκους. καθόλου μὲν παράμηκες λέγεται πᾶν τάγμα, ὃ ἂν τὸ μῆκος ἔχῃ πλέον τοῦ βάθους, ὄρθιον δὲ ὃ ἂν τὸ βάθος τοῦ μήκους.

Betacode
*)orqi/a: o)rqi/a le/getai fa/lagc, o(/tan e)pi\ ke/ras poreu/htai, pollapla/sion e)/xousa to\ ba/qos tou= mh/kous. kaqo/lou me\n para/mhkes le/getai pa=n ta/gma, o(\ a)\n to\ mh=kos e)/xh| ple/on tou= ba/qous, o)/rqion de\ o(\ a)\n to\ ba/qos tou= mh/kous.

Notes (1)

  1. This entry is repeated in the "Tactica" section of the Suda, at the end of the alphabet.
  2. 1For a phalanx's 'length' (in this sort of technical vocabulary) see mu 910. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 10 Jul 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. tweaked tr; x-ref — David Whitehead
  3. added note, set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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