Στύραξ
spike
Translated by Catharine Roth24 Apr 2014Vetting: high1 revision
Translation
That which is called a ferrule [saurwth/r ]; the end of the spear, on which it is set upright.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Στύραξ· ὁ σαυρωτὴρ καλούμενος· ἡ τοῦ δόρατος ἀρχή, ἐφ' ᾗ στηρίζεται.
Betacode
*stu/rac: o( saurwth\r kalou/menos: h( tou= do/ratos a)rxh/, e)f' h(=| sthri/zetai.
Notes
- Likewise in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, Photius sigma653 Theodoridis, and (post-Suda) Etymologicum Magnum 732.5; similarly already in Hesychius sigma2092 and (e.g.) in a scholion on Thucydides 2.4.3. See again at sigma 1262.
Linked from3 entries
- ο949Οὐρίαχοςbutt-endThe tip of the iron; or the back part of the spear, which is also called a "spike"; [the term comes] from the [verb] o)rou/ein ["to rush"] and the [verb] i)a/xw ["I shriek"]; and this in turn [comes] from i)/a, which…
- σ160Σαυρωτῆρσιby prongs; with prongs[Meaning by/with] the spikes, those at the back of the spears. "He killed with a sharpened prong." And "quickly turning his horse back toward the fallen man he stabs him through the neck with the prong." Or a polished…
- σ1262Στύραξspike[Meaning] the butt at the bottom of the spear, which they customarily stick into the ground. And Thucydides says "using the spike of a javelin in the crossbar instead of a key". Also [sc. attested is the related verb]…
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Revision history1 revision · last 24 Apr 2014
- augmented notes and keywords; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth