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Headword:
Κεκραγμόν
Adler number: kappa,1259
Translated headword: scream
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Attic-speakers call a shout [κεκραγμός ].[1]
"By immediately hanging a pig from the tower [the Romans] escaped the danger from the elephant. For when the pig had been suspended, it emitted a certain ill-omened cry, at which the elephant reared up in distress."[2]
Greek Original:Κεκραγμόν: τὴν βοὴν Ἀττικοί. χοῖρον αὐτίκα ἐκ τοῦ πύργου ἐπικρεμάσαντες τὸν κίνδυνον τὸν ἐκ τοῦ ἐλέφαντος διέφυγον. κεκραγμὸν γάρ τινα σκαιὸν ὁ χοῖρος ἠρτημένος ἠφίει: ᾧπερ ὁ ἐλέφας ἀχθόμενος ἀνεχαίτιζεν.
Notes:
The headword is in the accusative case; probably extracted from the quotation given.
[1] cf. glosses in
Photius and
Moeris.
[2]
Procopius,
On the Wars of Justinian 8.14.37 (though he uses the form
κραυγμός ). Adler has missed the reference.
Aelian in
De natura animalium 1.38 reports that the Romans used a similar defense in their war with Pyrrhus (reference supplied by Nick Nicholas).
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 20 October 2008@00:48:02.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (augmented and modified notes; more keywords) on 20 October 2008@03:03:48.
Catharine Roth (expanded note) on 3 November 2008@00:50:51.
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