Τέλμα
pond, marsh, swamp
Translated by Catharine Roth7 Dec 2013Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τέλμα· τόπος πηλώδης, ὕδωρ ἔχων. μέλει μοι περὶ τῶν τοιούτων οὐδὲν ἧττον ἢ τῶν ἐν τοῖς τέλμασι βατράχων. καὶ Πισίδης· χερσοῖ τὰ ῥεῖθρα, τελματοῖ δὲ τοὺς λίθους.
Betacode
*te/lma: to/pos phlw/dhs, u(/dwr e)/xwn. me/lei moi peri\ tw=n toiou/twn ou)de\n h(=tton h)\ tw=n e)n toi=s te/lmasi batra/xwn. kai\ *pisi/dhs: xersoi= ta\ r(ei=qra, telmatoi= de\ tou\s li/qous.
Notes (3)
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica (references at Photius tau137 Theodoridis); cf. tau 278. ↩
- 2Julian, Misopogon 358a; already at mu 481. ↩
- 3George of Pisidia, Persian Expedition 2.311 Tartaglia, on Xerxes I; cf. xi 54. Tartaglia notes (107, note 86) that the Pisidian is gesturing at the bridge of boats across the Hellespont (cf. epsilon 845) and the canal across the Mount Athos peninsula (Barrington Atlas map 51 grid B4, cf. alpha 745) built by Xerxes; cf. Herodotus 7.22 (web address 1) and 7.36 (web address 2). Although the Suda here transmits
telmatoi= , George's original text readsr(eumatoi= : "turns the stones into streams". ↩
References
L. Tartaglia, ed., Carmi di Giorgio di Pisidia, (Torino 1998)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- μ481Μέλειis an object of care[Meaning it] seems. It is used so in Homer. And [there is] a proverb: 'I care for such things no less than [sc. I do for] the frogs in the swamps'.
- τ278Τέλματαponds, marshes, swamps[Meaning] the muddy ending-places [teleutai=a] of water. Or (?)foundations. But Isaeus called arable lands [this]. Aristophanes [writes]: "you would have rain water in the swamps." That is, in the wells.
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Revision history6 revisions · last 25 Dec 2025
- added map reference n.3 — Ronald Allen
- augmented n.3 — Ronald Allen
- expanded n.3; added bibliography, cross-references, links, and keywords — Ronald Allen
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- another x-ref; tweaking — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth