Ποδοστράβη

foot-snare

Translated by David Whitehead28 Sep 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

1 note · 29 words
They used to call podostrabai certain devices prepared by the huntsmen, into which the wild beasts would enter and be caught. So Hyperides and Xenophon [sc. use the word].1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ποδοστράβη· ποδοστράβας ἔλεγον μηχανήματά τινα ὑπὸ τῶν κυνηγετῶν κατασκευαζόμενα, εἰς ἃ τὰ θηρία ἐμβαίνοντα ἡλίσκετο. οὕτως Ὑπερίδης καὶ Ξενοφῶν.

Betacode
*podostra/bh: podostra/bas e)/legon mhxanh/mata/ tina u(po\ tw=n kunhgetw=n kataskeuazo/mena, ei)s a(\ ta\ qhri/a e)mbai/nonta h(li/sketo. ou(/tws *(uperi/dhs kai\ *cenofw=n.

Notes (1)

  1. Abridged from Harpokration s.v.
    cf. already under pi 1847.
  2. 1Hyperides, Against Athenogenes 18 (and again in a fragment of the speech Against Autokles); Xenophon, On Hunting 9.11ff. (web address 1). ↩

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π1847Ποδοκάκηstocksπ1848Ποδοκάκηstocksπ1849Ποδοστράβηfoot-snareπ1850Ποδώκειαfastness on the feetπ1851ΠόδωνοςPodon's; of Podon
Revision history5 revisions · last 18 Jul 2011
  1. fixed link — Catharine Roth
  2. tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. x-ref — David Whitehead
  4. augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
  5. added link and keyword; set status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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