Πλοῖα κατάφρακτα

decked boats

Translated by David Whitehead24 Oct 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

16 words
[Meaning] boats with planking, allowing them to stow their gear below while they themselves travelled above.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πλοῖα κατάφρακτα· σεσανιδωμένα πλοῖα, ὥστε κάτω μὲν τιθέναι τὰ ὅπλα, αὐτοὺς δὲ ἄνω διάγειν.

Betacode
*ploi=a kata/frakta: sesanidwme/na ploi=a, w(/ste ka/tw me\n tiqe/nai ta\ o(/pla, au)tou\s de\ a)/nw dia/gein.

Notes

  1. From the scholia to Thucydides 1.10.4, where the headword phrase occurs (with the old Attic dialect form kata/farkta: web address 1).

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π1812Πλωτόνafloat, floatingπ1813Πλῷ χρησάμενος τριταῖος ἐκ τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἐς Μιτυλήνην ἀφῖκταιhe arrived in Mytilene by boat on the third day out from the Atheniansπ1814Πλοῖα κατάφρακταdecked boatsπ1815Πλοῖον ἢ κυνῆboat or hat?π1816Πλύνεταιis abused
Revision history4 revisions · last 22 Sep 2021
  1. expanded note — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. added link, set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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