Πηχίσκους
mini-cubits
Translated by David Whitehead20 Oct 2001Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πηχίσκους· ξυλάρια πηχυαῖα. τῶν δὲ τὸν σχοῖνον ἑλκυσάντων, ἐν ᾧ πηχίσκους τινὰς ἐμβαλόντες ἀνάβασιν ἀσφαλῆ ἀπειργάσαντο.
Betacode
*phxi/skous: cula/ria phxuai=a. tw=n de\ to\n sxoi=non e(lkusa/ntwn, e)n w(=| phxi/skous tina\s e)mbalo/ntes a)na/basin a)sfalh= a)peirga/santo.
Notes (2)
- 1For the length of a cubit see under pi 1542 (and also pi 1543). Though the present headword -- in the accusative plural, presumably extracted from the quotation about to be given -- is a diminutive, it probably implies nothing literally shorter. ↩
- 2Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable, but apparently from a siege narrative. ↩
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