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Headword:
*(udroxei=a
Adler number: upsilon,69
Translated headword: cisterns, water-tanks
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning water-]receptacles. "He repaired a hauling-engine of [= for] the water and he planned cisterns."[1]
Greek Original:*(udroxei=a: decamenai/. o(lko\n tou= u(/datos e)peskeu/ase kai\ u(droxei=a e)peno/hsen.
Note:
[1] Part of
Menander Protector fr. 9.1 Blockley (98-99, =
De legationibus Romanorum ad gentes 5.19-20), on civil engineering tasks taken up by John, Roman envoy to the Persians in 567 (cf.
alpha 3048 note), while delayed in Dara (cf.
delta 68). On cisterns, see
kappa 1648 et al.
Procopius Buildings 2.2.1-2.3.26 describes the construction under Justinian (cf.
iota 446 generally) of Dara's aqueducts and cisterns in 550 CE; cf. Dewing (109-123). Find further excerpts from this fragment at
alpha 3048,
alpha 4374,
epsilon 958,
iota 449,
nu 146,
omicron 346, and
pi 375.
R.C. Blockley, ed. and trans., The History of Menander the Guardsman, (Cambridge 1985)
H.B. Dewing, trans., Procopius: Buildings, (Cambridge, MA 1940)
Keywords: biography; definition; historiography; history; science and technology
Translated by: Ioannis Doukas on 18 July 2009@13:20:57.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 19 July 2009@05:36:02.
David Whitehead (updated note) on 3 January 2012@07:29:25.
David Whitehead on 19 November 2013@05:47:18.
Catharine Roth (cross-reference) on 8 November 2022@00:55:44.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.1, added bibliography and cross-references) on 19 November 2024@11:44:32.
Ronald Allen (further expanded n.1, added to bibliography) on 21 November 2024@11:22:19.
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