Θρανίτης
thranite
Translated by Ryan Stone29 Feb 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the one near the stern; zygite, the middle man; thalamite, the one near the prow.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θρανίτης· ὁ πρὸς τὴν πρύμναν· ζυγίτης, ὁ μέσος· θαλάμιος, ὁ πρὸς τῇ πρώρᾳ.
Betacode
*qrani/ths: o( pro\s th\n pru/mnan: zugi/ths, o( me/sos: qala/mios, o( pro\s th=| prw/ra|.
Notes
- Misinformation from a scholion on Aristophanes, Frogs 1074; for better, cf. theta 5 and theta 454.
Linked from5 entries
- θ5Θαλαμακεῖςhold-rowers, bottom-rank-rowersand [sc. also attested is] qala/maki ['for the hold-man'],, the man rowing in the bottom part of the trireme. The hold-rowers used to receive the least pay because they used smaller oars than the other three ranks of…
- θ451Θρανεύσεταιwill be tanned[Meaning he/she/it] will be stretched out. For a bench [is] the footstool where a hide is stretched out. "Your hide will be tanned." Aristophanes [writes thus] in Knights.
- θ453Θρανίονrower's benchCertain low stools and footstools are called qra=nos and qra/nia (and one [is called] qrh=nus in the Poet); upon which those about to strangle themselves are hung kicking them [away]. Aristophanes [writes] in Frogs:…
- θ454Θρανίτης λεώςtop-bench folkMeaning seafaring. He spoke of the whole from a part. For of those rowing, the ones at the top called thranites, those in the middle zygites, and those at the bottom thalamites.
- θ456Θρᾶνοςbench[Meaning a] footstool. Hence also [sc. the term] qrani/ths. Aristophanes [writes] in Plutus: "instead of a bench, [to have] the head of only a broken pot." That is, [of only] a jug.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 6 Jan 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note — David Whitehead
- augmented note, added keyword — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ryan Stone