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Headword: Βρύχιος
Adler number: beta,579
Translated headword: Underwater
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Submerged in water.
Also embryoikos ['seaweed-dwelling']: the anchor that dwells in the deep.[1]
Also embryon ['fetus']: the infant in the womb.
In the Epigrams: "Seaweed-dwelling, ship-saving anchor."[2]
"In the reign of Emperor Heraclius 200,000 men were killed in the war against the Isauri. But Emperor Heraclius sends a very great amount of money along with gold and silver and precious stones, all of which ended up underwater in the time of Sergius the patriarch."[3]
Greek Original:
Βρύχιος: βυθιζόμενος ὕδατι. καὶ Ἐμβρύοικος, ἡ ἄγκυρα ἡ τὸν βυθὸν οἰκοῦσα. καὶ Ἔμβρυον, τὸ ἐγγάστριον βρέφος. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι: ἄγκυρον ἐμβρύοικον ἐρυσινηί̈δα. ἐπὶ Ἡρακλείου βασιλέως σ1# χιλιάδες ἀνδρῶν διεφθάρησαν ἐν τῷ πρὸς Ἰσαύρους πολέμῳ. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς Ἡράκλειος χρήματα πλεῖστα καὶ χρυσὸν καὶ ἄργυρον καὶ λίθους πολυτελεῖς πέμπει, ἅπερ βρύχια γέγονεν ἐπὶ Σεργίου πατριάρχου.
Notes:
[1] See next note.
[2] Greek Anthology 6.90.1.
[3] Cf. Nicephorus, Breviarium 10.12-14 de Boor; again at eta 465 (end).
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Translated by: William Hutton on 11 September 2002@21:05:46.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added notes and keyword) on 12 September 2002@03:24:37.
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