Περιάγνυται

is split around

Translated by William Hutton24 Sep 2011Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 44 words
[Meaning he/she/it] is broken around. As if 'is held in check'.1
Also [sc. attested is the related participle] periagnume/nou ["being split around"), [meaning] being bent around. "Toward the western shore of the bay, the one that is split around at the city of Ainos."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Περιάγνυται· περικατακλᾶται. οἱονεὶ περιίσχεται. καὶ Περιαγνυμένου, περικλωμένου. πρὸς τὴν ἑσπερίαν τοῦ κόλπου ἀκτήν, τοῦ πρὸς τῇ Αἴνῳ τῇ πόλει περιαγνυμένου.

Betacode
*peria/gnutai: perikatakla=tai. oi(onei\ perii/sxetai. kai\ *periagnume/nou, periklwme/nou. pro\s th\n e(speri/an tou= ko/lpou a)kth/n, tou= pro\s th=| *ai)/nw| th=| po/lei periagnume/nou.

Notes (2)

  1. 1= Synagoge, Photius pi632. A slightly garbled version of Apollonius, Lexicon Homericum 130 (commenting on Homer Iliad 16.78), where one finds more appropriately perie/rxetai ("goes around") in place of perii/sxetai ("is held in check"). ↩
  2. 2Agathias, Histories 5.22. For Ainos see generally alphaiota 225. From this point the Kotrigur Huns launch an amphibious attack on the Thracian Chersonese (the modern-day Gallipoli Peninsula, in 559 CE; cf. chi 215); cf. Frendo (158). For further context, see also alpha 1017, gamma 304, epsilon 2035, and kappa 2274. ↩

References


J.D. Frendo, trans., Agathias: The Histories, (Berlin 1975)

Neighbouring entries

π1054Περιαγειρόμενοιcollecting rewardsπ1055Περιαγκώνισμαhand-tying behind the backπ1056Περιάγνυταιis split aroundπ1057Περιάγξαιto constrict, to strangle, to throttleπ1058Περιαγόραιοςgarrulous
Revision history3 revisions · last 17 Nov 2023
  1. expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keyword — Ronald Allen
  2. tweaking — David Whitehead
  3. x-ref; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — William Hutton

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