Περιαγωγάς

circuits

Translated by William Hutton24 Sep 2011Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 20 words

Translation

[Meaning] motions in a circle. "Six wheeling eagles, after making circular circuits around the army camp, departed on the right."1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Περιαγωγάς· τὰς ἐν κύκλῳ περιφοράς. ἀετοὶ δὲ ἓξ κυκλοτερεῖς περὶ τὸ στρατόπεδον ποιησάμενοι περιαγωγὰς ἐν δεξιᾷ διέστησαν.

Betacode
*periagwga/s: ta\s e)n ku/klw| perifora/s. a)etoi\ de\ e(\c kukloterei=s peri\ to\ strato/pedon poihsa/menoi periagwga\s e)n decia=| die/sthsan. 

Notes (1)

  1. The headword, accusative plural of this feminine noun, is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
  2. 1Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 22 May 2016
  1. coding — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. another note; more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
  4. expanded note, set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — William Hutton

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