Πρόβολοι
breakwaters
Translated by David Whitehead17 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Rocks which protrude into the sea,1 like certain headlands. Demosthenes in [the] Philippics [sc. uses the word].2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πρόβολοι· αἱ εἰς θάλασσαν προκείμεναι πέτραι, καὶ οἷον ἀκταί τινες. Δημοσθένης ἐν Φιλιππικοῖς.
Betacode
*pro/boloi: ai( ei)s qa/lassan prokei/menai pe/trai, kai\ oi(=on a)ktai/ tines. *dhmosqe/nhs e)n *filippikoi=s.
Notes (2)
- = Harpokration (and Photius) s.v.
- 1See already pi 2352. ↩
- 2Demosthenes 10.63 (web address 1), where however the meaning is different. ↩
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.
- π2352Προβόλῳon a breakwater[Meaning] on a rock protruding into the sea.
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Revision history5 revisions · last 6 Nov 2021
- expanded note 2 — Catharine Roth
- tweaks — David Whitehead
- x-ref — David Whitehead
- another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead