Πρόβολον

bulwark

Translated by Kyle Heath16 Nov 2005Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 31 words
[Meaning an] embankment, bastion.1
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] pro/bolos e)mo/s ["my bulwark"], [meaning someone] protecting, a champion, a wall, security. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "my bulwark, saviour to households."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πρόβολον· πρόμολον, πρόμαχον. καὶ Πρόβολος ἐμός, προβαλλόμενος, προστάτης, τεῖχος, ἀσφάλεια. Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις· πρόβολος ἐμός, σωτὴρ δόμοις.

Betacode
*pro/bolon: pro/molon, pro/maxon. kai\ *pro/bolos e)mo/s, proballo/menos, prosta/ths, tei=xos, a)sfa/leia. *)aristofa/nhs *nefe/lais: pro/bolos e)mo/s, swth\r do/mois.

Notes (2)

  1. See also pi 2350, pi 2351, pi 2352, pi 2353.
  2. 1Accusative case, with the same or similar glossing in other lexica (references at Photius pi1194 Theodoridis); evidently quoted from somewhere. ↩
  3. 2Aristophanes, Clouds 1161 (Strepsiades on his son: web address 1), with scholion; cf. generally pi 2343. ↩

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π2346Προβολήprobole; defenceπ2347Προβόλιονprobolionπ2348Πρόβολονbulwarkπ2349Προβούλευμαprior-deliberationπ2350Πρόβολοςbulwark, projection; crop
Revision history5 revisions · last 6 Nov 2021
  1. added a link — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. tweaked translation; augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
  5. cosmetics, keywords, status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — Kyle Heath

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