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Headword: Ἄγεστα
Adler number: alpha,203
Translated headword: agesta
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. An egesta is] a military device erected from stones and logs and earth. But some call such a device agesta.[1] See also under egesta.
Greek Original:
Ἄγεστα: πολεμικὸν μηχάνημα ἐκ λίθων καὶ ξύλων καὶ χοῦ ἐγειρόμενον. οἱ δὲ ἄγεστά φασι τὸ τοιοῦτον μηχάνημα. καὶ ζήτει ἐν τῷ ἔγεστα.
Notes:
Copied from epsilon 52, egesta, q.v. for further detail (from Procopius). See also alpha 840, akessa.
[1] According to E.A. Sophocles' lexicon (s.v.), agesta comes from Latin aggestum or aggestus; cf. alpha 840.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; military affairs; science and technology
Translated by: William Hutton on 18 October 2000@16:00:45.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note and keyword; cosmetics) on 25 April 2002@10:34:23.
Catharine Roth (modified notes) on 5 June 2002@20:57:20.
Catharine Roth (added cross-reference) on 5 June 2002@20:58:56.
David Whitehead (rearranged notes; tweaks) on 30 December 2011@07:28:29.
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