Προβόλῳ
on a breakwater
Translated by David Whitehead23 May 2005Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] on a rock protruding into the sea.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Προβόλῳ· προβεβλημένῃ εἰς θάλασσαν πέτρᾳ.
Betacode
*probo/lw|: probeblhme/nh| ei)s qa/lassan pe/tra|.
Notes
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- π2348Πρόβολονbulwark[Meaning an] embankment, bastion. 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…
- π2350Πρόβολοςbulwark, projection; crop[Meaning] the reception-point of provisions.
- π2353ΠρόβολοιbreakwatersRocks which protrude into the sea, like certain headlands. Demosthenes in [the] Philippics [sc. uses the word].
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Revision history3 revisions · last 14 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead