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Headword:
Χάραξ
Adler number: chi,96
Translated headword: palisade; stake
Vetting Status: low
Translation: In the masculine [it means] an army camp.[1]
"The Greeks consider this to be the best stake, one which has the most and the largest projections around its base; whereas amongst Romans stakes have two or three 'wings'."[2]
'Demostratus' in Naturalized Citizen [writes]: "they brought the palisade up to the headland."[3]
But [sc. also attested] in the feminine, [meaning] the [stake] of a vine. "The stake deceived the vine."[4]
Greek Original:Χάραξ: ἀρσενικῶς τὸ στρατόπεδον. ὅτι οἱ Ἕλληνες τοῦτον ἡγοῦνται χάρακα ἄριστον, ὃς ἂν ἔχῃ πλείστας ἐκφύσεις καὶ μεγάλας πέριξ τοῦ πρέμνου: παρὰ δὲ Ῥωμαίοις δύο κεραίας ἢ τρεῖς ἔχουσιν οἱ χάρακες. Δημόστρατος Δημοποίητα: οἱ μὲν προσέφερον τὸν χάρακα πρὸς τὴν ἄκραν. θηλυκῶς δέ, ὁ τῆς ἀμπέλου. ἐξηπάτησεν ἡ χάραξ τὴν ἄμπελον.
Notes:
[1] = Etym. Magn. 806.41; and similarly in other lexica.
[2]
Polybius 18.18.6; again at
pi 2243.
[3]
Timostratus (sic) fr.2 Kock. The Suda manuscripts have "Demostratus" (an author unattested in Greek literature), but Meineke proposed "
Timostratus" which accords with the attribution of the quoted text. As to that text, the Suda appears to give the accusative case of
Δημοποίητας ("public poet"?), but this is probably to be taken as a play-title and should therefore be in the dative. Kuster in his Suda edition read
Δημοποιήτῳ , translated here. This part of the entry =
Etymologicum Genuinum; see also Ps.-
Zonaras 1841,
Etymologicum Magnum 806.42.
[4]
Aristophanes,
Wasps 1291 (web address 1 below); cf
chi 97,
epsilon 1740, and
eta 672.
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Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 14 March 2008@10:31:01.
Vetted by: David Whitehead (modifications to tr; augmented notes; tweaks and cosmetics) on 14 March 2008@10:48:19.
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