Περιδινοῦντες
whirling around
Translated by William Hutton29 Sep 2011Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning they] turning around. "The Babylonians, putting eggs into slings and whirling them around in a circle -- being not inexperienced with makeshift and huntsmanlike ways, but rather well practiced in desert devices -- used to render the egg cooked by the motion even [if it was] raw [sc. to start with]."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Περιδινοῦντες· περιστρέφοντες. οἱ δὲ Βαβυλώνιοι ἐντιθέντες εἰς σφενδόνας ᾠὰ καὶ περιδινοῦντες ἐν κύκλῳ, ἅτε οὐκ ἄπειροι τῶν αὐτοσχεδίων καὶ κυνηγετικῶν διαιτημάτων, ἀλλὰ μεμελετηκότες τὰ ἐν ἐρημίᾳ μηχανήματα, ἑφθὸν καὶ ὠμὸν τῇ ῥύμῃ τὸ ᾠὸν κατεσκεύαζον.
Betacode
*peridinou=ntes: peristre/fontes. oi( de\ *babulw/nioi e)ntiqe/ntes ei)s sfendo/nas w)|a\ kai\ peridinou=ntes e)n ku/klw|, a(/te ou)k a)/peiroi tw=n au)tosxedi/wn kai\ kunhgetikw=n diaithma/twn, a)lla\ memelethko/tes ta\ e)n e)rhmi/a| mhxanh/mata, e(fqo\n kai\ w)mo\n th=| r(u/mh| to\ w)|o\n kateskeu/azon.
Notes (1)
- 1Iamblichus, Babylonica fr. 100 Habrich. Habrich suggests deleting the words "and raw"; but if the phrase is interpreted as suggested here, the deletion seems unnecessary. The headword -- present active participle, nominative plural masculine, of
peridine/w (cf. pi 1099) -- is otherwise unattested. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 24 Jul 2021
- tweaked translation, expanded note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton