Στεγανὰ πλοῖα
watertight boats
Translated by David Whitehead26 Sep 2010Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] firm/solid [ones].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Στεγανὰ πλοῖα· στερεά.
Betacode
*stegana\ ploi=a: sterea/.
Notes
- The headword phrase (neuter plural) is extracted from somewhere, probably Aristotle. It occurs in a fragment (554 Rose) of his Constitution of the Melians: see at mu 923 and tau 752.
For the glossing cf. sigma 1023 and sigma 1026; and see also, more generally sigma 1021, sigma 1022, sigma 1024.
Linked from4 entries
- σ1021Στεγανόνconfining, enclosing, closely-covered; surly[Meaning] dense, tightly-bound. And Diodorus [writes]: "but the Romans made closely-covered [huts] and wintered [there]." And [there is] a proverb: "in a Bacchant's manner." [Said] in reference to those who are surly…
- σ1022Στεγανόποδαweb-footed"Web-footed animals" and "wide-taloned" is what they call the swan, the goose, the pelican, and all the family of ducks; [the ones] which happen to be water-loving.
- σ1023Στεγανώτερονmore closely-covered, rather closely-covered[Meaning] more/rather firm, compacted, more/rather connected. In the Epigrams [is written] "but you might think of something more reserved." "But having pierced the wineskins they clouded the air with a very dense mist,…
- σ1026Στεγναίwatertight [ones][Meaning] solid [ones].
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