Θωρακείοις
breastworks, parapets
Translated by Ryan Stone26 Feb 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θωρακείοις· προμαχῶσι, δρυφάκτοις, λωρικίοις. μέχρι μέν τινος ὑποπεπτηχότες τοῖς θωρακίοις ἠρέμουν.
Betacode
*qwrakei/ois: promaxw=si, drufa/ktois, lwriki/ois. me/xri me/n tinos u(popepthxo/tes toi=s qwraki/ois h)re/moun.
Notes (2)
- 1Same or very similar glossing in other lexica. The headword is dative plural of theta 436 (q.v.). It is perhaps but not necessarily extracted from the quotation given (which Photius et al. do not have); other possibilities include Polybius 8.4.4 and Diodorus Siculus 17.44.5. ↩
- 2Josephus, Jewish War 5.318; cf. upsilon 558. ↩
Linked from4 entries
- θ436Θωρακεῖονbreastwork, parapet[Meaning] a wall.
- θ438Θωράκιονbreastwork, parapetThat [sc. on the back] of an elephant. "Hannibal, general of the Carthaginians, bringing his breastworks of the elephants and, with these mini-houses of the beasts, cutting down the branches to as great a height as…
- μ139ΜανδύαςmandyasA kind of outer-garment, which is called lorikion.
- υ558Ὑποπεπτηχότεςcowering under[Meaning they who were] hiding themselves under. "Cowering under the breastworks, they kept still for a while."
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Revision history3 revisions · last 4 Jan 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- typo — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ryan Stone