Πτερίνῳ
feathery
Translated by William Hutton3 Oct 2013Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] feathered. Polybius [writes]: the Romans "bedeck themselves with a feathery crown, with three red or black-upright feathers about a cubit in length; when these are applied and the top of his head together with the other weapons, the man appears to double himself in size, and the sight is beautiful and astonishing to the opponents."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πτερίνῳ· πτερωτῷ. Πολύβιος· ἐπικοσμοῦνται οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι πτερίνῳ στεφάνῳ, πτεροῖς φοινικίοις ἢ μελαινόρθοις τρισίν, ὡς πηχυαίοις τὸ μέγεθος ὧν προστεθέντων καὶ κορυφὴν ἅμα τοῖς ἄλλοις ὅπλοις ὁ μὲν ἀνὴρ φαίνεται διπλάσιος ἑαυτοῦ κατὰ τὸ μέγεθος, ἡ δὲ ὄψις καλὴ καὶ καταπληκτικὴ τοῖς ἐναντίοις.
Betacode
*pteri/nw|: pterwtw=|. *polu/bios: e)pikosmou=ntai oi( *(rwmai=oi pteri/nw| stefa/nw|, pteroi=s foiniki/ois h)\ melaino/rqois trisi/n, w(s phxuai/ois to\ me/geqos w(=n prosteqe/ntwn kai\ korufh\n a(/ma toi=s a)/llois o(/plois o( me\n a)nh\r fai/netai dipla/sios e(autou= kata\ to\ me/geqos, h( de\ o)/yis kalh\ kai\ kataplhktikh\ toi=s e)nanti/ois.
Notes (1)
- The headword is dative singular, masculine or neuter, of the adjective
pte/rinos (on which see pi 3007), presumably extracted from the passage quoted below. The only other attestation of this form is at Euripides, Orestes 1429. - 1Polybius 6.23.12-13, but here with some errors: "black-upright" attempts to render the Suda's nonsense word
melaino/rqois , which combines bits of Polybius'me/lasi ('black') ando)rqoi=s ('upright'); "applied and the top of his head" (prosteqe/ntwn kai\ korufh\n ) should be "applied along the top of his head" (prosteqe/ntwn kata\ korufh/n ). ↩
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Revision history2 revisions · last 22 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton