Στάσις
setting
Translated by David Whitehead5 Nov 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
In reference to a gust of strong wind. "A particular setting of the wind arose, blowing with such force as to shake the sheds".1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Στάσις· ἐπὶ πνοῆς βιαίου ἀνέμου. γίνεταί τις ἀνέμου στάσις, ἔχουσα τηλικαύτην φοράν, ὥστε τὰς στοὰς σαλεύειν.
Betacode
*sta/sis: e)pi\ pnoh=s biai/ou a)ne/mou. gi/netai/ tis a)ne/mou sta/sis, e)/xousa thlikau/thn fora/n, w(/ste ta\s stoa\s saleu/ein.
Notes (1)
- For this headword see also sigma 1004, sigma 1006.
- 1Polybius 1.48.2, abridged (web address 1). The "sheds" in question covered the troops who were operating the siege-engines.
The note in Walbank ad loc. (p.111) points out, inter alia, that the Suda gloss here -- and translations which stem from it -- cannot be accepted. The stasis of a wind is its "setting [...] from a quarter" (LSJ s.v.); so in passages like the one quoted here its actual sense is of a steady, ongoing wind. ↩
References
F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius, i (Oxford 1957 and reprints)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 1 Apr 2022
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-refs — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead