Σκοπιά
lookout-point, vantage-point
Translated by Catharine Roth8 Oct 2012Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σκοπιά· ὑψηλὸς τόπος. καὶ ἕτεροι τὰς ὑπερδεξίους τῶν πεδίων καταλαμβάνουσι σκοπιάς. Αἰλιανός· οὐκ ἐπαινεῖ θεὸς οὐδὲ τοὺς τὰ μέτρα πατοῦντας, γλιχομένους γε μὴν τῶν ὑπὲρ ἑαυτούς τε καὶ ὑψηλὰς σκοπιάς.
Betacode
*skopia/: u(yhlo\s to/pos. kai\ e(/teroi ta\s u(perdeci/ous tw=n pedi/wn katalamba/nousi skopia/s. *ai)liano/s: ou)k e)painei= qeo\s ou)de\ tou\s ta\ me/tra patou=ntas, glixome/nous ge mh\n tw=n u(pe\r e(autou/s te kai\ u(yhla\s skopia/s.
Notes (3)
- cf. generally sigma 658, sigma 659, sigma 661.
- 1Same or similar glossing (cf. sigma 656) in other lexica, and in a scholion on Homer, Iliad 4.275 (the epic dialect form is
skopih/ ). ↩ - 2Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 9.20.2. ↩
- 3Aelian fr. 177 Domingo-Forasté (174 Hercher). Adler notes Toup's suggestion of metria for the transmitted metra. ↩
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Revision history2 revisions · last 29 Dec 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-refs; another keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth