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Headword:
Λισσάδας
πέτρας
Adler number: lambda,599
Translated headword: bare rocks
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Smooth and uniform [ones].[1] "For the Scythians the boats were forced out toward the Roman warships as if toward harbourless and bare rocks. All the boats were sunk".[2]
Greek Original:Λισσάδας πέτρας: λείας καὶ ὁμαλάς. τοῖς δὲ Σκύθαις πρὸς τὰς Ῥωμαϊκὰς ναῦς ὥσπερ ἀνόρμους καὶ λισσάδας πέτρας ἐξεβιάζετο τὰ σκάφη. πάντα δὲ κατεδύετο τὰ σκάφη.
Notes:
The headword phrase, in the accusative plural, is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
[1] cf. the
scholia to
Homer,
Odyssey 5.412, where a singular
λισσὴ ... πέτρη occurs; and see also
lambda 600.
[2] Quotation unidentifiable.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 14 June 2009@06:30:07.
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