Ὑδρορρόα
watercourse
Translated by Ioannis Doukas18 Jul 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὑδρορρόα καὶ ἡ ὕφαλος πέτρα. λέγεται δὲ καὶ ὑδρόρροια. οἱ δὲ εἰς τὰς ὑδρορρόας συνωθοῦντες αὑτοὺς διὰ τούτων ἐσῴζοντο πρὸς τὰς ναῦς.
Betacode
*(udrorro/a kai\ h( u(/falos pe/tra. le/getai de\ kai\ u(dro/rroia. oi( de\ ei)s ta\s u(drorro/as sunwqou=ntes au(tou\s dia\ tou/twn e)sw/|zonto pro\s ta\s nau=s.
Notes (2)
- 1See also upsilon 63 (and cf. alpha 1491 and theta 515) and esp. Aristophanes, Acharnians 1186 (falling into a watercourse: web address 1) and the corresponding scholia, where this (mistaken: see LSJ) glossing occurs. The word
u(dro/rroia is only attested here. ↩ - 2Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 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…
- σ1493Συνεωσμένουςforced together[Meaning them] confined together. "[For a long time] they were at a loss about what to do, as men forced together for so brief a moment".
- υ63Ὑδρορρόαsluice, gutter[Meaning] the part of the parapet, through which the gathered water from a rainstorm goes down. Or the narrow space.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 7 Nov 2022
- coding — Catharine Roth
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- internal rearrangement; augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ioannis Doukas