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Headword:
*xw=ma
Adler number: chi,426
Translated headword: mound
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning an] elevation of earth, which enemies used to build against the walls in their sieges.[1]
"As Trajan came into Babylon, he encountered a rather large mound which Semiramis was said to have constructed. It was 25 feet high, about 50 feet wide, and 200 stades long, and it indicated the strength of the city."[2]
Greek Original:*xw=ma: u(/ywma gh=s, o(/per oi( pole/mioi e)n tai=s poliorki/ais ei)w/qasi prosxou=n ta\ tei/xh. *trai+ano\s ei)s *babulw=na a)fiko/menos e)ntugxa/nei xw/mati megi/stw|, o(/per xw=sai e)le/geto *semi/ramis. h)=n de\ au)tou= to\ me\n u(/yos podw=n e# kai\ k#, to\ de\ eu)=ros e)s n#, kata\ mh=kos e)pei=xe stadi/ous s1#, kathgorei= de\ th\n du/namin th=s po/lews.
Notes:
[1] =
Synagoge chi139; cf.
chi 427,
Hesychius chi862, and (according to Adler)
Lexicon Ambrosianum 432.
[2] Arrian,
Parthica fr. 74; possibly to be equated with the
xw/mata described by
Herodotus 1.184.1 (web address 1). See also How and Wells' commentary ad. loc. (web address 2).
Web address 1,
Web address 2
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Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 3 April 2008@00:40:31.
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