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Headword:
Ἐπιβατήρια
Adler number: epsilon,2229
Translated headword: mounting-devices
Vetting Status: low
Translation: The machines [that one employs] on top of walls. "He brought forward the machines: wooden towers and "tortoises", and whatever else served as mounting-devices for the walls."[1]
Greek Original:Ἐπιβατήρια: τὰ ἐπὶ τῶν τειχῶν μηχανήματα. ὁ δὲ τὰς μηχανὰς ἐπῆγε, πύργους ξυλίνους καὶ χελώνας, καὶ ὅσα τειχῶν ἐπιβατήρια.
Note:
[1] Quotation unidentified. The headword is otherwise attested in this military sense only in
Josephus,
Jewish War 3.278 and in Leon of
Byzantium,
De stratagematibus 270. For "tortoises" in this applied sense see under
chi 190.
Translated by: William Hutton on 26 October 2007@11:16:41.
Vetted by: David Whitehead (augmented n.1 and keywords; cosmetics) on 28 October 2007@06:12:58.
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