Τηκτά
molten [substances]
Translated by Catharine Roth16 Aug 2013Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Like wax and pitch.1 "[and] whatever [substances were] molten and poured onto the enemy were being thrown with fire from above on the right,2 other [things] and especially iron ore; having made this transparent with an intense fire, they were intending to hold3 the wall against those approaching from below".
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τηκτά· οἷον κηρὸς καὶ πίττα. τηκτά τε ὅσα καὶ χυτὰ ἐς πολεμίους σὺν πυρὶ ἐξ ὑπερδεξίων ἐβάλλετο· τά τε ἄλλα καὶ τὴν σιδηρῖτιν γῆν, ἣν πυρὶ πολλῷ διαφανῆ ἐργασάμενοι, κατὰ τῶν ὑπιόντων τὸ τεῖχος ἔχειν ἔμελλον.
Betacode
*thkta/: oi(=on khro\s kai\ pi/tta. thkta/ te o(/sa kai\ xuta\ e)s polemi/ous su\n puri\ e)c u(perdeci/wn e)ba/lleto: ta/ te a)/lla kai\ th\n sidhri=tin gh=n, h(\n puri\ pollw=| diafanh= e)rgasa/menoi, kata\ tw=n u(pio/ntwn to\ tei=xos e)/xein e)/mellon.
Notes (3)
- No parallels can be found for this entry or for the quotation it includes (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti). The headword is a verbal adjective from
th/kw (tau 478) in the neuter nominative/accusative plural. - 1cf. under epsilon 1418. ↩
- 2For this idiom see epsilon 1867. ↩
- 3It would make more sense for the last clause again to mention pouring molten materials on attackers: Adler notes that Küster emended
e)/xein toe)kxei=n 'pour out', Toup either likewise or toxe/ein 'pour'. ↩
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