Σκηπτός
thunderbolt
Translated by William Hutton21 Feb 2014Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σκηπτός· κεραυνὸς ἄνωθεν διάπυρος. ὥσπερ τις λαίλαψ ἐπιθαλάττιος ἢ ῥαγδαῖος σκηπτὸς ἐξαπιναίως ἐπεφοίτησε. καὶ αὖθις· σκηπτοὶ τοίνυν κατηνέχθησαν καὶ τὸ στρατόπεδον κατέπρησαν. καὶ αὖθις· νέφη συνέδραμε, καὶ ὑετοὶ πολλοὶ καὶ σκηπτοὶ κατώλισθον.
Betacode
*skhpto/s: kerauno\s a)/nwqen dia/puros. w(/sper tis lai/lay e)piqala/ttios h)\ r(agdai=os skhpto\s e)capinai/ws e)pefoi/thse. kai\ au)=qis: skhptoi\ toi/nun kathne/xqhsan kai\ to\ strato/pedon kate/prhsan. kai\ au)=qis: ne/fh sune/drame, kai\ u(etoi\ polloi\ kai\ skhptoi\ katw/lisqon.
Notes (4)
- 1= Hesychius sigma955, Synagoge sigma114, Photius sigma315 (where Theodoridis notes, but does not adopt, Meineke's conjecture for the end of the glossing phrase:
di/xa puro/s ('without fire') for thedia/puros ('fiery') of the mss.). ↩ - 2A close approximation of Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 2.7.1; also quoted at lambda 183. ↩
- 3Quotation unidentifiable. ↩
- 4Quotation unidentifiable. ↩
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- coding — Catharine Roth
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- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — William Hutton