Σταθμητόν
measurable
Translated by William Hutton21 Mar 2014Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] calculable. Arrian [writes]: "there was also a certain number, not measurable, of camels." And again: "and boulders, not measurable in size, lifted up into the air by cranes, were being thrown at those trying to ascend the wall."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σταθμητόν· μετρητόν. Ἀρριανός· ἦν δὲ καὶ καμήλων οὐ σταθμητόν τι πλῆθος. καὶ αὖθις· πέτραι τε οὐ σταθμηταὶ τὸ μέγεθος ἀπὸ κεραιῶν μετέωροι αἰωρούμεναι πρὸς τοὺς ὑπιέναι ὁρμῶντας τὸ τεῖχος ἐβάλλοντο.
Betacode
*staqmhto/n: metrhto/n. *)arriano/s: h)=n de\ kai\ kamh/lwn ou) staqmhto/n ti plh=qos. kai\ au)=qis: pe/trai te ou) staqmhtai\ to\ me/geqos a)po\ keraiw=n mete/wroi ai)wrou/menai pro\s tou\s u(pie/nai o(rmw=ntas to\ tei=xos e)ba/llonto.
Notes (1)
- The headword is an adjective in the neuter nominative/accusative singular or masculine accusative singular (as is the initial gloss); if extracted from the first of the quotations given, as may be presumed, it is nominative singular neuter.
For a similar glossing of a related verb, see epsilon 3198. - 1Both quotations are taken to be fragments of Arrian's Parthica, combined into one in FGrH 156 F166 (= fr. 104 Roos-Wirth), and drawn, in Adler's estimation, from the Excerpta of Constantine Porphyrogenitus. In these and in other cases where Arrian uses the headword, it is in a negative statement, producing the sense 'immeasurable', as is frequently the case elsewhere in Greek. In the second quotation the nominative plural feminine form of the headword appears. ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 23 Mar 2014
- tweaks and typos — William Hutton
- another keyword; tweaking; raised status — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- augmented note — William Hutton
- Translated — William Hutton