Σύμπτωσις
falling-together, collision, attack
Translated by Catharine Roth30 May 2014Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σύμπτωσις· συμβολή, σύμμιξις ἐκ δύο μερῶν γινομένη. οἱ δὲ ἐκ παραπλησίας προθέσεως ὁμοίαν ἐποιήσαντο τὴν ἔφοδον. γινομένης δὲ τῆς συμπτώσεως ἐξ ἀμφοῖν βιαίας, αὐτῶν μὲν ἥμαρτον ἀμφότεροι, τοὺς δὲ ἵππους ἔτρωσαν τοῖς δόρασι τοὺς ἀλλήλων.
Betacode
*su/mptwsis: sumbolh/, su/mmicis e)k du/o merw=n ginome/nh. oi( de\ e)k paraplhsi/as proqe/sews o(moi/an e)poih/santo th\n e)/fodon. ginome/nhs de\ th=s sumptw/sews e)c a)mfoi=n biai/as, au)tw=n me\n h(/marton a)mfo/teroi, tou\s de\ i(/ppous e)/trwsan toi=s do/rasi tou\s a)llh/lwn.
Notes (2)
- cf. generally sigma 1401. The present headword is a related abstract (feminine) noun; the quotation appended illustrates its military application (LSJ s.v. II.2).
- 1No equivalent glossing in other lexica. ↩
- 2Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. The first clause of the second sentence bears some resemblance to Polybius 18.25.1:
genome/nhs de\ th=s e)c a)mfoi=n sumptw/sews meta\ bi/as kai\ kraugh=s u(perballou/shs . Adler notes, but does not follow, the emendation oftou\s a)llh/lwn totoi=s a)llh/lwn in the Suda editio princeps (Demetrius Chalcocondyles, 1499), i.e. "they pierced the horses with each others' spears". ↩
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Revision history5 revisions · last 19 May 2015
- my typo — Catharine Roth
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; another keyword; tweaking; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth