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Headword:
*)ene/rsei
Adler number: epsilon,1256
Translated headword: fastener
Vetting Status: high
Translation: "They destroyed with iron the timber with which, fitted to the wall on each side as a fastener, they are accustomed to join the gates."[1]
Greek Original:*)ene/rsei: to\ cu/lon sidh/rw| die/fqeiran, w(=|per e)ne/rsei tei/xous e(kate/rou e)narmosqe/nti ta\s pu/las e)pizeugnu/nai ei)w/qasin.
Notes:
The headword, presumably extracted from the quotatation given, is dative singular of
e)/nersis (used for a different kind of fastener at
epsilon 1257).
[1]
Procopius,
History of the Wars of Justinian 7.20.15 (web address 1), which however has 'with axes', not the Suda's 'with iron'. On the breach of the Asinaria Gate of Rome by Totila's (cf.
tau 879) troops in 546 CE, see Kaldellis (421) and further context at
beta 559 and
pi 1330.
A. Kaldellis, ed. and H.B. Dewing, trans., Prokopios: The Wars of Justinian, (Indianapolis 2014)
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: architecture; botany; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; history; military affairs; science and technology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 16 April 2007@21:16:39.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (augmented notes; modified keywords; cosmetics) on 22 April 2007@05:44:45.
David Whitehead (tweaking) on 24 August 2012@06:39:12.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.1, added bibliography, added cross-references, added link) on 28 January 2024@15:19:33.
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