Πλῆκται

brawlers

Translated by David Whitehead10 Mar 2006Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 10 words

[Meaning] warriors.¹ "There are good brawlers also/even amongst the Bakchaioi".²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πλῆκται· πολεμικοί. εἰσὶ δὲ πλῆκται ἀγαθοὶ καὶ παρὰ Βακχαίοις.

Betacode

*plh=ktai: polemikoi/. ei)si\ de\ plh=ktai a)gaqoi\ kai\ para\ *bakxai/ois.

Notes (2)

The headword is nominative plural, presumably extracted from the quotation given.
1cf. generally (e.g.) Plutarch, Philopoemen 9.3: plh=ktai kai\ ma/ximoi. ↩
2Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. NB: the proper name has been transmitted as Bakchaioi (unparalleled) but Adler notes Bernhardy's suggestion that it be emended to Bakkaioi (beta 45). ↩

Linked from1 entry

π1751ΠληκτηρίζωI am a brawler (?)[no gloss]

Neighbouring entries

π1748Πληθύουσινbecoming full, growing π1749ΠληϊάςPleiad π1750Πλῆκταιbrawlers π1751ΠληκτηρίζωI am a brawler (?)π1752Πλῆκτρονspike, spur

Revision history5 revisions · last 22 Nov 2014

22 Nov 2014coding — Catharine Roth
6 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
16 Oct 2011augmented notes and keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
13 Mar 2006augmented notes — David Whitehead
10 Mar 2006set status — Antonella Ippolito
10 Mar 2006Translated — David Whitehead