Τάφρος

ditch

Translated by David Whitehead2 Jan 2012Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 27 words
[Meaning] the dug-out round a wall.1
Also [sc. attested is] a feminine form ta/frh in Herodotus.
"Having dug a broad ditch they set flimsy timbers on it".2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τάφρος· τὸ περὶ τὸ τεῖχος ὄρυγμα. καὶ Τάφρη θηλυκὸν παρ' Ἡροδότῳ. ὀρύξαντες τάφρην εὐρέην ἐπέτειναν ξύλα ἀσθενέα ἐπ' αὐτῆς.

Betacode
*ta/fros: to\ peri\ to\ tei=xos o)/rugma. kai\ *ta/frh qhluko\n par' *(hrodo/tw|. o)ru/cantes ta/frhn eu)re/hn e)pe/teinan cu/la a)sqene/a e)p' au)th=s.

Notes (2)

  1. cf. generally tau 194.
  2. 1Same or similar glossing in other lexica, and see also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 7.341 (where the accusative case of the headword occurs). ↩
  3. 2An approximation of Herodotus 4.201.1 (where e.g. the verbs are singular, relating to Amasis at the siege of Barka). ↩

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τ193ΤαφόσιριςTaphosirisτ194Ταφρεῦσαιto ditch, to make a ditchτ195Τάφροςditchτ196Τάχαforthwithτ197Ταχεῖαswift
Revision history3 revisions · last 7 Jan 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. x-ref — David Whitehead
  3. set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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