Θαλαμίδιοι κῶπαι

lowest oars, hold-oars

Translated by Anne Mahoney12 Dec 1999Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 37 words
Those [oars] that propel gently.1
Herodotus [writes]: "[Megabates gave orders] for him to be bound and put him through an oar-port of the ship in such a way that his head was outside and his body inside."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θαλαμίδιοι κῶπαι· αἱ ἠρέμα ἐλαύνουσαι. Ἡρόδοτος· τοῦτον δῆσαι θαλαμίης διελόντας τῆς νηὸς κατὰ τοῦτο, ἔξω μὲν κεφαλὴν ποιεῦντας, ἔσω δὲ τὸ σῶμα.

Betacode
*qalami/dioi kw=pai: ai( h)re/ma e)lau/nousai. *(hro/dotos: tou=ton dh=sai qalami/hs dielo/ntas th=s nho\s kata\ tou=to, e)/cw me\n kefalh\n poieu=ntas, e)/sw de\ to\ sw=ma.

Notes (2)

  1. 1The headword phrase, in the nominative plural, is similarly (and oddly) glossed in other lexica; it is presumably quoted from somewhere.
    cf. generally theta 5.     ↩
  2. 2Herodotus 5.33.2 (punishment of a lazy Myndian sea-captain). See web address 1. ↩

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θ6Θαλάμηlair, denθ7Θαλαμηπόλοςchambermaid, lady-in-waitingθ8Θαλαμίδιοι κῶπαιlowest oars, hold-oarsθ9Θαλάττῃ ἐκ χαράδρας ὕδωρwater out of a gulley (added) to the seaθ10Θαλάττιον κῦμαocean wave
Revision history5 revisions · last 24 Sep 2018
  1. another keyword — Catharine Roth
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  3. another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
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  6. Translated — Anne Mahoney

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