Σιρομάστης
siromast, seiromast, pit-probe
Translated by Ronald Allen8 May 2008Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σιρομάστης· σκεῦός τι σιδηροῦν, λαβὴν ξυλίνην ἔχον παρὰ τοῖς τελώναις εἰς ἔρευναν. Εὐνάπιος· ὥστε ὁ σιρομάστης μᾶλλον εὐδοκίμει τοῦ δόρατος.
Betacode
*siroma/sths: skeu=o/s ti sidhrou=n, labh\n culi/nhn e)/xon para\ toi=s telw/nais ei)s e)/reunan. *eu)na/pios: w(/ste o( siroma/sths ma=llon eu)doki/mei tou= do/ratos.
Notes (2)
- The headword derives from
siro/s , a pit, vessel, or silo for storing grain (cf. LSJ s.v.), andmasth/r , a searcher (cf. LSJ s.v.); (cf. Chantraine, s.v.siro/s ). Tax collectors used the tool to gauge grain-fill depth in storage pits. In warfare too, this kind of rod was used to probe the ground for pit traps; see generally LSJ s.v.siroma/sths . - 1Likewise in Photius' Lexicon (sigma237 Theodoridis), and cf. Hesychius sigma728. An alternative spelling, differing by a diphthong in the first syllable,
seiroma/sths , is given with a marginal addendum to the passage in Suda ms. M (= Marcianus 448); cf. sigma 286 and Joannes Tzetzes, Chiliades 13.516-22. ↩ - 2Eunapius fr. 49 FHG (4.36); Blockley, Eunapius fr. 46.3. This passage, together with rho 294, apparently refers to corruption during the reign of Emperor Theodosius I (The Great) (346-395; OCD(4) s.v. Theodosius(2) and theta 144) as described by Zosimus 4.28.3-4.29.2 (Blockley, p. 142). ↩
References
P. Chantraine, Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque, ed.2. Paris 2009
R.C. Blockley, The Fragmentary Classicising Historians of the Later Roman Empire: Eunapius, Olympiodorus, Priscus and Malchus, vol. II, Liverpool: Francis Cairns, 1983
R.C. Blockley, The Fragmentary Classicising Historians of the Later Roman Empire: Eunapius, Olympiodorus, Priscus and Malchus, vol. II, Liverpool: Francis Cairns, 1983
Linked from3 entries
- ρ294Ῥύμηthrust, impulse, swing[Meaning a] forceful initiative. Aristophanes [writes]: "from the potter's thrust." And in turn Eunapius [writes]: "so strong was the rush and impulse toward the more wanton, that the rulers were more hostile than [our]…
- σ286Σειρομάστηςseiromast, siromastA kind of javelin, a lance.
- σ479Σιρόςpit, silo, granary[Meaning] a tank. Also [sc. attested is the dative plural] "[in] pits," meaning [in] ditches, in which seed is deposited.
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Revision history7 revisions · last 22 Feb 2022
- tweaked bibliography — Catharine Roth
- note cosmetic — David Whitehead
- Replaced British "corn" with American "grain." — Aaron Baker
- Corrected translation; tweaked Blockley cite. — Aaron Baker
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- modified keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ronald Allen