Πολλοστημόριον
many times smaller; fraction
Translated by Ronald Allen15 Apr 2008Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the ultimate part of the earth.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πολλοστημόριον· τὸ ἔσχατον μέρος τῆς γῆς.
Betacode
*pollosthmo/rion: to\ e)/sxaton me/ros th=s gh=s.
Notes
- The headword is the neuter nominative/accusative singular of the two-ending adjective
pollosthmo/rios (a number of times smaller: LSJ s.v.). Here however, and presumably therefore in the context from which it was quoted (perhaps Lucian, Icaromenippus 18), it simply means a (sc. small) geographical fraction, i.e. as if it were the phrasepollosto\n mo/rion ; cf. e.g. Thucydides 6.86.5 with scholion, and generally LSJ s.v.pollosto/s , 3.
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Revision history2 revisions · last 8 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- modified headword and note; another keyword — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ronald Allen