Τριμμούς

pathways, beaten tracks

Translated by David Whitehead19 May 2011Vetting: high5 revisions

1 note · 32 words
[Meaning] well-trodden roads. Aelian [writes]: "and looking up they see pathways of the ascent and approaches, by which the Roman went up, and they realised that it was not impassible but climbable."1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τριμμούς· τὰς τετριμμένας ὁδοῦς. Αἰλιανός· καὶ ἀναβλέποντες ὁρῶσι τριμμοὺς τῆς ἀνόδου καὶ προσβάσεις, δι' ὧν ἀνῆλθεν ὁ Ῥωμαῖος, καὶ συνέβαλον μὴ ἄπορον εἶναι, ἀλλ' ἐπιβατόν.

Betacode
*trimmou/s: ta\s tetrimme/nas o(dou=s. *ai)liano/s: kai\ a)nable/pontes o(rw=si trimmou\s th=s a)no/dou kai\ prosba/seis, di' w(=n a)nh=lqen o( *(rwmai=os, kai\ sune/balon mh\ a)/poron ei)=nai, a)ll' e)pibato/n.

Notes (1)

  1. The headword is accusative plural, presumably extracted from the quotation given (though see also Xenophon, Cynegeticus 4.9).
  2. 1Aelian fr. 114 Hercher, from an account of the famous story of the Capitol in Rome being menaced by the Gauls in 390 BCE (but saved by geese); cf. generally Livy 5.47. ↩

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Revision history5 revisions · last 7 Oct 2022
  1. tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. more keywords — David Whitehead
  5. set status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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