Πλινθωτὸν
brick-shaped, oblong
Translated by David Whitehead23 Oct 2001Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Brick-shaped] or brick-like is the term used when, in a four-sided shape, this produces what Xenophon the son of Gryllos calls an equal-sided rectangle.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πλινθωτὸν δὲ ἢ πλινθία λέγεται, ὅταν ἐν τετραγώνῳ σχήματι ταυτὸ τοῦτο πράξῃ, ὅπερ Ξενοφῶν ὁ τοῦ Γρύλλου διπλάσιον ἰσόπλευρον καλεῖ.
Betacode
*plinqwto\n de\ h)\ plinqi/a le/getai, o(/tan e)n tetragw/nw| sxh/mati tauto\ tou=to pra/ch|, o(/per *cenofw=n o( tou= *gru/llou dipla/sion i)so/pleuron kalei=.
Notes
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- π1715Πλαίσιονoblong, rectangleA four-sided military formation. Also a four-sided frame [constructed] out of timbers, which some call a plinthion. Whenever someone deploys towards all the sides in an oblong shape.
- π1773Πλινθείαbrickwork[Formed] out of the [verb] plinqeu/w ["I lay bricks"].
- π1775Πλινθίονoblong, rectangleA kind of military formation. "He himself, leading the army in oblong[-formation], proceeded on foot."
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Revision history3 revisions · last 19 Oct 2011
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead