Περιστοῖχον
in rows about
Translated by David Whitehead14 Dec 2000Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Nikostratos [writes]: "he broke down the beds of olives in rows about".1 Didymus calls "in rows about" a particular kind of olive, which Philochorus named "row-ers".2 Still, perhaps the orator called "in rows about" those sown in a circle round the plot, in a row.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Περιστοῖχον· Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ πρὸς Νικόστρατον· φυτευτήρια ἐλαῶν περιστοίχων κατέκλασε. Δίδυμος δέ τι γένος ἐλαῶν περιστοίχους καλεῖ, ἃς Φιλόχορος στοιχάδας προσηγόρευσε. μήποτε δὲ νῦν ὁ ῥήτωρ περιστοίχους κέκληκε τῶν κύκλῳ περὶ τὸ χωρίον ἐν στοίχῳ πεφυκότων.
Betacode
*peristoi=xon: *dhmosqe/nhs e)n tw=| pro\s *niko/straton: futeuth/ria e)law=n peristoi/xwn kate/klase. *di/dumos de/ ti ge/nos e)law=n peristoi/xous kalei=, a(\s *filo/xoros stoixa/das proshgo/reuse. mh/pote de\ nu=n o( r(h/twr peristoi/xous ke/klhke tw=n ku/klw| peri\ to\ xwri/on e)n stoi/xw| pefuko/twn.
Notes (2)
- Abridged from Harpokration s.v.
- 1Demosthenes 53.15 (web address 1). ↩
- 2Didymus p.315 Schmidt; Philochorus FGrH 328 F180. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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