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Headword:
*ka/tauxmon
Adler number: kappa,841
Translated headword: drying-up, very dry
Vetting Status: high
Translation: "By the very dry [sc. condition] of the water supply, the garrison was vulnerable to their enemies".[1]
Greek Original:*ka/tauxmon. h)=n de\ to\ frou/rion tw=| katau/xmw| th=s u(dreu/sews a(lwto\n toi=s pole/miois.
Notes:
The unglossed headword is masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular of the rare adjective
ka/tauxmos (not in LSJ; cf.
Sophocles s.v.). Outside the Suda, its extant occurrences are in fact confined to Theophylact Simocatta (twice in the
Histories, once in the
Letters), so this headword is very probably quoted from
Letter 8. (If so, it is neuter accusative, used as a substantive.)
[1] An approximation of Theophylact Simocatta,
Histories 5.4.1, on the Median city of Singara (using the dative singular of the headword); cf. de Boor (194) and Whitby (136). Theophylact's text in fact reads
toi=s polemi/ois a)na/lwton: "unassailable to their enemies". The preceding text explains that Chosroes II (cf.
chi 418 note) had sequestered his wives and children at Singara (spring of 591) on the assumption that the lack of available water in the region would greatly hinder any assault on the city. The lexicographer's emendation is not without motivation, however, since an ancient city with a tenuous water supply would indeed be quite vulnerable to a prolonged siege. On Singara (present-day Sinjar, Iraq) see Barrington Atlas map 89 grid D4.
References:
E.A. Sophocles, Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods, vol. II, (New York 1957)
C. de Boor, ed., Theophylacti Simocattae Historiae, (Leipzig 1887, reprint 2022)
M. Whitby and M. Whitby, eds. and trans., The History of Theophylact Simocatta, (Oxford 1986)
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Translated by: Catharine Roth on 10 August 2008@22:52:22.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (tweak) on 11 August 2008@03:21:29.
David Whitehead (expanded notes) on 6 February 2013@06:03:47.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 13 April 2013@00:23:13.
Ronald Allen (added keyword and bibliography) on 24 March 2025@11:53:38.
Catharine Roth (entered Ron Allen's proposed translation) on 25 March 2025@00:35:49.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.1; added to bibliography, added cross-reference and keywords) on 25 March 2025@11:42:34.
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