Ποδάγρα

foot-trap

Translated by David Whitehead12 Apr 2010Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 12 words
"He dug trenches and laid foot-traps for the enemy as for beasts".1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ποδάγρα· τάφρους ὤρυξε καὶ ποδάγρας ὑφῆκεν ὡς θηρίοις τοῖς πολεμίοις.

Betacode
*poda/gra: ta/frous w)/ruce kai\ poda/gras u(fh=ken w(s qhri/ois toi=s polemi/ois.

Notes (1)

  1. The commonest meaning of the headword podagra is gout (cf. under tau 366), but for the foot-trap sense see LSJ s.v., 1.
  2. 1Quotation unidentifiable. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 20 Oct 2011
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. x-ref — David Whitehead
  3. set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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