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Headword:
*(uperbolh/
Adler number: upsilon,243
Translated headword: extremity
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] the elevation.
"When much struggling had occurred at the extremity of the ladders [...]".[1]
And elsewhere: "[he] was hiding in the extremities of the mountains."[2]
Greek Original:*(uperbolh/: h( a)no/rqwsis. pollou= w)qismou= genome/nou e)n th=| tw=n klima/kwn u(perbolh=|. kai\ au)=qis: e)n tai=s tw=n o)rw=n u(perbolai=s e)kru/pteto.
Notes:
This noun also has uses in rhetoric (hyperbole) and mathematics (hyperbola): see LSJ s.v.
[1] Quotation not identified by Adler, but identifiable via the TLG as
Procopius,
History of the Wars of Justinian 8.11.44 (web address 1). See on this Theodoridis'
Photius edition, vol.II p.XCV. During the Lazic War (541-562) in 551 CE, the Romans attempt to scale the circuit-wall of the fortress at
Petra with ladders, but are momentarily beaten back by the defending Persians; cf. Kaldellis (486) and
pi 2993. On
Petra, see
alpha 906 note.
[2] Quotation unidentifiable in this exact form, but cf. generally (for "the extremities of the mountains")
Procopius,
History of the Wars of Justinian 8.14.9 (web address 2) and 8.16.20 (web address 3).
A. Kaldellis, ed. and H.B. Dewing, trans., Prokopios: The Wars of Justinian, (Indianapolis 2014)
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1,
Web address 2,
Web address 3
Keywords: biography; definition; geography; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: Ioannis Doukas on 12 August 2009@10:42:47.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (augmented n.2; another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics) on 13 August 2009@03:09:49.
David Whitehead (tweaks and cosmetics) on 25 April 2011@09:31:12.
David Whitehead (expanded n.1) on 12 October 2011@05:33:19.
David Whitehead on 21 November 2013@07:00:15.
Catharine Roth (added a note) on 22 November 2022@18:28:11.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.1; added bibliography, cross-references, and links) on 16 April 2024@11:53:35.
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