Ὑποτροχίζεσθαι
to be broken on the wheel
Translated by Ioannis Doukas28 Dec 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Not as we use the verb troxi/zesqai with the meaning of falling under a wheel and being injured, as the orators also used it, but they call troxi/zesqai to twist those being interrogated on the wheel, in order to confess what knowledge they share with others or what crimes they themselves have committed.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὑποτροχίζεσθαι· οὐχ ὡς ἡμεῖς ὑποπεσεῖν τροχῷ καὶ τρωθῆναι τροχίζεσθαι καλοῦμεν, οὕτω καὶ οἱ ῥήτορες αὐτῷ ἐχρήσαντο, ἀλλὰ τὸ στρεβλοῦσθαι ἐπὶ τοῦ τροχοῦ τοὺς ἐξεταζομένους, ἵνα κατείπωσιν ἃ συνίσασιν ἄλλοις ἢ περὶ ὧν αὐτοὶ ἠδίκησαν, τροχίζεσθαι λέγουσιν.
Betacode
*(upotroxi/zesqai: ou)x w(s h(mei=s u(popesei=n troxw=| kai\ trwqh=nai troxi/zesqai kalou=men, ou(/tw kai\ oi( r(h/tores au)tw=| e)xrh/santo, a)lla\ to\ streblou=sqai e)pi\ tou= troxou= tou\s e)cetazome/nous, i(/na katei/pwsin a(\ suni/sasin a)/llois h)\ peri\ w(=n au)toi\ h)di/khsan, troxi/zesqai le/gousin.
Notes
- cf. Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica fr. 363 Borries (giving this definition of the aorist passive infinitive
u(potroxisqh=nai ).
cf. tau 1072, tau 1073.
References
Borries, J. de, Praeparatio sophistica (fragmenta), Leipzig: Teubner, 1991, 130-180
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Revision history3 revisions · last 22 Dec 2022
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ioannis Doukas