Φάλαγγες
phalanxes
Translated by John Mulhall24 Mar 2011Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] rows, ranks. But some [say] it is a hoplite multitude [formed] out of several ranks of soldiers. Also a term for the joints of the fingers; and frameworks of a ship. Some also [call] rounded and symmetrical timber fala/ggia ; and the beam of a yoke is also called a phalanx.1 And the gangplank for [boarding] a ship. But [sc. note] also the spider, which some call fala/ggion . And "crows"2 are also called fala/ggia in Attic writers.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φάλαγγες· στίχες, τάξεις. οἱ δὲ τὸ ἐκ πλειόνων τάξεων ὁπλιτικὸν πλῆθος. λέγεται καὶ τὰ τῶν δακτύλων ἄρθρα· καὶ νεὼς ὑπερείσματα. ἔνιοι καὶ τὸ στρογγύλον ξύλον καὶ σύμμετρον φαλάγγια· λέγεται καὶ τοῦ ζυγοῦ ὁ κανὼν φάλαγξ. καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς νεὼς ἡ διαβάθρα. καὶ ὁ ἀράχνης δέ, ὃν ἔνιοι καλοῦσι φαλάγγιον. καὶ οἱ κόρακες δὲ παρὰ Ἀττικοῖς φαλάγγια.
Betacode
*fa/lagges: sti/xes, ta/ceis. oi( de\ to\ e)k pleio/nwn ta/cewn o(plitiko\n plh=qos. le/getai kai\ ta\ tw=n daktu/lwn a)/rqra: kai\ new\s u(perei/smata. e)/nioi kai\ to\ stroggu/lon cu/lon kai\ su/mmetron fala/ggia: le/getai kai\ tou= zugou= o( kanw\n fa/lagc. kai\ e)pi\ th=s new\s h( diaba/qra. kai\ o( a)ra/xnhs de/, o(\n e)/nioi kalou=si fala/ggion. kai\ oi( ko/rakes de\ para\ *)attikoi=s fala/ggia.
Notes (2)
- Same or similar material in other lexica (references at Photius phi29 Theodoridis), and in part in various scholia (to Homer and to Apollonius Rhodius).
cf. phi 32, phi 33, phi 34, phi 37. - 1i.e. the straight rod or bar of a yoke's balance. ↩
- 2Not the bird, evidently, but grappling irons or similar military equipment (of several related kinds: see LSJ s.v.) ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 3 Dec 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another note; more keywords — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- tweaks, cross-references — Catharine Roth
- Translated — John Mulhall