Ταρσοί
tarsoi
Translated by David Whitehead4 Jun 2013Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ταρσοί· τὰ ἀγγεῖα τῶν τυρῶν· καὶ τὰ ἔξω τῶν κωπῶν. καὶ ταρσοῖς, πτεροῖς ἄκροις. ὁ δὲ τὴν παράταξιν αὐτῶν διέλυσεν, ἃς μὲν τιτρώσκων, ὧν δὲ τοὺς ταρσοὺς παρασύρων.
Betacode
*tarsoi/: ta\ a)ggei=a tw=n turw=n: kai\ ta\ e)/cw tw=n kwpw=n. kai\ tarsoi=s, pteroi=s a)/krois. o( de\ th\n para/tacin au)tw=n die/lusen, a(\s me\n titrw/skwn, w(=n de\ tou\s tarsou\s parasu/rwn.
Notes (2)
- For this multi-meaning word (here nominative plural) cf. tau 130, tau 132, tau 134.
- 1Thus far the entry is also in Photius tau64 Theodoridis; see other references there (including the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 9.219). The source of the dative plural -- in this sense) is indeterminable. ↩
- 2Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as Diodorus Siculus 13.78.1 (on the Athenian general Konon, operating off Lesbos in 407 BCE). See on this Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II p.LXXVII. ↩
Linked from5 entries
- π451ΠαρασύρωI snatch away, I sweep away, I ridicule[Used] with an accusative.
- τ129Ταρσόςflat basket, crate, wicker-work frame[Meaning] a [sc. type of] basket. That [which] among us [is called a] kalathion.
- τ130Ταρσόςflat basket, crate, wicker-work frame[A term formed] out of a part; either the flat of the foot, or the top of the hand. Also [sc. it denotes any] plaited thing. Thucydides [writes]: "but the Peloponnesians, wrapping up clay in baskets of reed, began to…
- τ132Ταρσόςfeathering, levelnessProperly [tarso/s means] the plumage of birds; from which [comes] also the similar arrangement of the oars. So Herodotus [sc. uses the word].
- τ134Ταρσοὶ καλάμωνframes of reeds"The Lazi, having dug pits and securely fixed spears within them, concealed the openings of the holes with frames of reeds and material that has no firm foundation but would give way to any load placed upon it; and…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 25 Jun 2022
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded n.2; another keyword — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead