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Headword:
*ku/rtwma
Adler number: kappa,2782
Translated headword: vault
Vetting Status: high
Translation: That which is called an arch. For ancient people used to build a vault over their cistern to provide shade.
Greek Original:*ku/rtwma: h( legome/nh kama/ra. ku/rtwma ga\r toi=s pa/lai a)nqrw/pois u(pe\r th=s decamenh=s skia=s e(/neka e)pepoi/hto.
Notes:
An approximation of
Procopius,
History of the Wars of Justinian 6.27.7 (web address 1); during their siege of
Auximum (Auximus, modern-day Osimo, Italy) in 539 CE, Roman soldiers attempt to destroy a vaulted cistern which serves the city; cf. Kaldellis (373) and
alpha 2056.
Procopius is fond of using this neuter noun in this architectural sense; it more commonly refers to other convex objects such as a battle formation [cf. the related
kappa 2781] or a swelling on the body; cf. also
Rhetorici Graeci (Waltz) 1.641.
A. Kaldellis, ed. and H.B. Dewing, trans., Prokopios: The Wars of Justinian, (Indianapolis 2014)
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: architecture; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; history; military affairs; science and technology
Translated by: William Hutton on 6 March 2008@02:36:23.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (x-ref; another keyword; cosmetic) on 6 March 2008@05:43:30.
William Hutton (augmented and reworded note) on 6 March 2008@06:55:47.
David Whitehead on 25 March 2013@09:28:35.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 20 March 2015@23:31:01.
Ronald Allen (expanded note; added bibliography, cross-reference, keywords, and link) on 8 March 2024@10:39:54.
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