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Headword:
*)embolh/
Adler number: epsilon,949
Translated headword: tip
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] the extremity of the mechanical device [sc. called] the ram.
"To snap off the the projecting part of the tip with the weight brought to bear".[1]
Greek Original:*)embolh/: to\ a)/kron tou= kriou= tou= mhxanikou= o)rga/nou. tw=| e)piferome/nw| a)/xqei a)pokauli/zein to\ proe/xon th=s e)mbolh=s.
Notes:
cf.
alpha 3340 (and for other meanings of this headword
epsilon 948,
epsilon 950).
[1] Quotation unidentifiable in this precise form, but Adler cites
Thucydides 2.76.4 (on the Spartans and their allies at the siege of Plataia) as a parallel. Also cf.
kappa 2434 for 'the projecting part of the tip', and the notion of snapping it off.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 15 May 2003@08:57:11.
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