Ὑδρορρόα
sluice, gutter
Translated by Ryan Stone4 Mar 2008Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the part of the parapet, through which the gathered water from a rainstorm goes down. Or the narrow space.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὑδρορρόα· τὸ μέρος τῆς στεφανίδος, δι' οὗ τὸ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄμβρου ὕδωρ συναγόμενον κατέρχεται. ἢ ὁ στενὸς τόπος.
Betacode
*(udrorro/a: to\ me/ros th=s stefani/dos, di' ou(= to\ a)po\ tou= o)/mbrou u(/dwr sunago/menon kate/rxetai. h)\ o( steno\s to/pos.
Notes
- From the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 922, cf. 1182. See also upsilon 64 (and cf. theta 515 for the present gloss).
Linked from2 entries
- θ515Θρυαλλίςwick"You are bringing in wicks from the enemy." Because of lamp-wicks, it being forbidden and dangerous to import a wick into Athens. This [is] the reason; "by what manner? For it [the wick] might set the dockyard on fire…
- υ64Ὑδρορρόαwatercourse['Watercourse'] also [sc. means] an underwater rock. Another version of the word is u(dro/rroia. “And pushing themselves together into the watercourses they were saved through them towards the ships”.
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Revision history2 revisions · last 19 Nov 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked tr; another x-ref; more keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ryan Stone