Προτομαὶ βασιλικαί
royal protomes, royal busts, royal imagines
Translated by William Hutton11 Oct 2013Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] royal images. Also [sc. attested are] protomes of lions, and likewise in the case of others.1
But properly 'protome' is used in the case of non-reasoning animals.2
"Having molded protomes of quadrupeds on the tips of the ships he encased them in bronze, on account of the necessity for rams."3
But properly 'protome' is used in the case of non-reasoning animals.2
"Having molded protomes of quadrupeds on the tips of the ships he encased them in bronze, on account of the necessity for rams."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Προτομαὶ βασιλικαί· εἰκόνες βασιλικαί. καὶ προτομαὶ λεόντων, καὶ ὁμοίως ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων. κυρίως δὲ ἐπὶ τῶν ἀλόγων ζῴων ἡ προτομὴ λέγεται. τοῖς δὲ τῶν πλοίων ἄκροις τετραπόδων προτομὰς ἀποτυπώσας χαλκῷ περιέλαβε, διὰ τὸ τῶν ἐμβόλων χρειῶδες.
Betacode
*protomai\ basilikai/: ei)ko/nes basilikai/. kai\ protomai\ leo/ntwn, kai\ o(moi/ws e)pi\ tw=n a)/llwn. kuri/ws de\ e)pi\ tw=n a)lo/gwn zw/|wn h( protomh\ le/getai. toi=s de\ tw=n ploi/wn a)/krois tetrapo/dwn protoma\s a)potupw/sas xalkw=| perie/labe, dia\ to\ tw=n e)mbo/lwn xreiw=des.
Notes (3)
- The headword phrase is not attested outside lexicography either in this case and number (nominative plural) or any other.
On protomes see also the next entry, pi 2891. - 1= Photius, Lexicon pi1406 Theodoridis (which however has a single lion); cf. Synagoge pi729, Hesychius pi4003. For protomes of lions see e.g. Diodorus Siculus 1.62.4 (cited by Theodoridis) and 18.27.3. ↩
- 2cf. pi 2891. ↩
- 3Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta of Constantine Porphyrogenitus) unidentifiable. ↩
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Revision history5 revisions · last 25 May 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded n.1; another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added keyword — William Hutton
- cosmetic, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — William Hutton