Ὑσσός

pilum

Translated by David Whitehead19 Aug 2010Vetting: high7 revisions

2 notes · 24 words
[Meaning a] javelin.
"He launched a pilum and struck him through both the shield and the breastplate".1
"Of pila, some are stout, others light."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑσσός· ἀκόντιον. ἐξακοντίσας ὑσσὸν διήλασεν αὐτοῦ τόν τε θυρεὸν καὶ τὸν θώρακα. τῶν δὲ ὑσσῶν οἱ μέν εἰσι παχεῖς, οἱ δὲ λεπτοί.

Betacode
*(usso/s: a)ko/ntion. e)cakonti/sas u(sso\n dih/lasen au)tou= to/n te qureo\n kai\ to\n qw/raka. tw=n de\ u(ssw=n oi( me/n ei)si paxei=s, oi( de\ leptoi/.

Notes (2)

  1. In Polybius (see below) and elsewhere, the Greek word u(sso/s -- the present headword -- does seem to mean the Romans' pilum.
  2. 1Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable with certainty, but Favuzzi 463-465 now argues for Appian. ↩
  3. 2Polybius 6.23.9. ↩

References


Andrea Favuzzi, 'Nuovi frammenti di Appiano', Epigrafia e territorio -- Politica e societa 10 (2016) 461-465

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Revision history7 revisions · last 14 Feb 2017
  1. expanded a note, with bibliography — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. Revised — David Whitehead
  5. Revised — David Whitehead
  6. my tr typo — David Whitehead
  7. expanded note, set status — Catharine Roth
  8. Translated — David Whitehead

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