Πρόβολος
bulwark
Translated by Ronald Allen9 Aug 2008Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πρόβολος· ἔξαρχος τοῦ βουλευτηρίου. Εὐνάπιος· ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς τούτους δεξάμενος κτήματά τε αὐτοῖς καὶ χώραν ἀπένειμε καὶ προβόλους τε ὑπελάμβανε γενναίους καὶ ἀδαμαντίνους ἔχειν πρὸς τὰς ἐκείνῃ τῶν Οὔννων ἐμβολάς.
Betacode
*pro/bolos: e)/carxos tou= bouleuthri/ou. *eu)na/pios: o( de\ basileu\s tou/tous deca/menos kth/mata/ te au)toi=s kai\ xw/ran a)pe/neime kai\ probo/lous te u(pela/mbane gennai/ous kai\ a)damanti/nous e)/xein pro\s ta\s e)kei/nh| tw=n *ou)/nnwn e)mbola/s.
Notes (2)
- The headword as transmitted is nominative singular of the noun probolos; the quotation given below includes its accusative plural. For its range of literal and figurative applications, all stemming from its root meaning of anything that projects, see LSJ s.v. However, the Suda's probolos should surely have been proboulos: see next note.
- 1Likewise or similarly glossed in other lexica; references at Photius pi1199 s.v.
pro/boulos (sic), which is surely correct for the glossing phrase given. For 'council-chamber' in a context like this, see generally LSJ s.v.bouleuth/rion , II. ↩ - 2Eunapius fr.43 FHG (4.33); Blockley, Eunapius fr. 45.3. Commenting on this passage in FHG (4.33) Müller, Boissonade suggested that the passage describes the efforts of Valens (emperor 364-378 CE) to suppress forays by Scythian Huns into Thrace; cf. PLRE s.v. Flavius Valens 8, p. 930; omicron 764. ↩
References
R.C. Blockley, The Fragmentary Classicising Historians of the Later Roman Empire: Eunapius, Olympiodorus, Priscus and Malchus, vol. II, Liverpool: Francis Cairns, 1983
A.H.M. Jones, J.R. Martindale, and J. Morris The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. I, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1971
A.H.M. Jones, J.R. Martindale, and J. Morris The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. I, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1971
Linked from3 entries
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- π2350Πρόβολοςbulwark, projection; crop[Meaning] the reception-point of provisions.
- π2497ΠρόλοβοςcropIn reference to flying birds, the sinewy cavity above the stomach is called a prolobos -- like a skin, into which the undigested food [sc. goes and] remains. It also exists in all cocks, and by some it is called a…
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Revision history6 revisions · last 2 Jun 2015
- Modified translation; tweaked Eunapius cite. — Aaron Baker
- augmented and tweaked note — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- typo — Catharine Roth
- tweaks — David Whitehead
- modified primary note; augmented n.1; another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ronald Allen