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Headword:
*(oloitro/xous
Adler number: omicron,212
Translated headword: boulders, rolling stones
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] round, wheel-like stones.[1]
Xenophon [writes]: "the barbarians began to roll wagon-sized boulders, [...] which hitting [sc. against the rocks] were scattered [...]."[2]
*(oloitro/xous: stroggu/lous, troxoeidei=s li/qous. *cenofw=n: e)kuli/ndoun oi( ba/rbaroi o(loitro/xous a(maciai/ous, oi(\ fero/menoi diesfendonw=nto.
Notes:
[1] The headword is accusative plural, presumably extracted from the quotation given. For the noun see already
omicron 209,
omicron 211.
[2]
Xenophon,
Anabasis 4.2.3 (web address 1), here compressed.
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; history; imagery; military affairs
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 1 February 2010@19:00:04.
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