β540Βρῖθος
weight
[bri=qos means the same as] ba/ros. "[It was] impossible to take the towers, for they could neither be easily overturned because of their weight, nor be burned because of the iron [plating]." And elsewhere: "he took an…
Βρῖθος· βάρος. τοὺς πύργους ἀμήχανον ἑλεῖν, μήτε ἀνατραπῆναι ῥᾳδίως διὰ τὸ βρῖθος, μήτ' ἐμπρησθῆναι διὰ τὸν σίδηρον. καὶ αὖθις· σιδηροβριθές τ' ἔλαβε δεξιᾷ ξύλον.