Σῖτα
grain-rations, provisions
Translated by David Whitehead21 Jan 2014Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
"After a second day from the departure for war Philopoimen announced [sc. his intention] to make the two grain-rations three when he wished to add a single day; and sometimes the two, four".1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σῖτα· ὅτι Φιλοποίμην μετὰ δευτέραν ἡμέραν ἀπὸ τῆς πρὸς πόλεμον ἐξόδου παρήγγειλε τὰ βʹ σῖτα τρία ποιεῖν, ὅτε βούλοιτο μίαν ἡμέραν προσλαβεῖν· ποτὲ δὲ τὰ δύο, τέτταρα.
Betacode
*si=ta: o(/ti *filopoi/mhn meta\ deute/ran h(me/ran a)po\ th=s pro\s po/lemon e)co/dou parh/ggeile ta\ b# si=ta tri/a poiei=n, o(/te bou/loito mi/an h(me/ran proslabei=n: pote\ de\ ta\ du/o, te/ttara.
Notes (1)
- The unglossed headword
si=ta , which occurs in the quotation given, is the heteroclite plural ofsi=tos (sigma 502, sigma 503); cf. alpha 3722, epsilon 427, sigma 1679. - 1Polybius fr. 218. For Philopoimen see generally phi 409. Adler notes that Valesius (Henri de Valois) emended
pot\e 'sometimes' too(/te 'when' (also omittingta\ 'the'). ↩
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Revision history2 revisions · last 22 Jan 2014
- expanded primary note; tweaking — David Whitehead
- expanded note, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead