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Chapter 22
Parangelmata Poliorcetica
lieu de t«n kãtv zug«n: il s’agit ici de fourrures destinées à protéger les
côtes de la machine, dans la partie correspondante à la hauteur des roues.”
30 éklin°si: The Anon. Byz. adds.
31 tout°sti tÚ diãsthma: The Anon. Byz. adds.
32 ént°xontaw ka¤: The Anon. Byz. adds.
32–33 tÚ ˜lon . . . sÊmphgma: The Anon. Byz. adds.
33–34 peritom¤daw . . . xelvn¤vn: On the method of securing the
beams, which is taken from Apollod., see Lendle, Schildkröten, 111–21,
Texte, 79; and Sackur, Vitruv, 36–38.
33 peritom¤daw: The term is from Apollod.; for its likely meaning see
Lendle, Texte, 79: “Unter peritom¤dew sind offenbar winkelig geschnittene
Streben zu verstehen.” It is to be distinguished from the peristom¤w at
44:31.
34 oÈk jv tom∞w ginom°nhw: The phrase is from Apollod.; see Lendle,
Schildkröten, 111, who translates “wobei kein Schnittende (dieser
‘Schnittbalken’) ausserhalb (der Verbretterung der Maschine) gerät,” with
discussion at 114–16.
34 xelvn¤vn: The term is from Apollod. Lendle, Schildkröten, 115,
renders “Knaggen”; see below on 22:35–37.
35–37 …sane‹ . . . tiyem°noiw: The Anon. Byz. adds. The same simile
for the xel≈nia occurs again below at 31:16–19 and 44:11–14 (as
xelvnãria). Lendle, Schildkröten, 112 n. 126, following Sackur, Vitruv, 27
n. 1, comments “Dass Eisenbeschläge nach der Art von Türpfannen (die
wegen ihren gewölbten Formen zu Recht xel≈nia gennant werden
konnten) hier nicht gemeint sind.” The Anon. Byz.’s interpretation seems
to require a translation in the sense of “caps.” On pivot sockets lined
with bronze inserts in Hellenistic gates see Winter, Fortifications, 258.
35 gronyar¤vn: The term appears as a gloss for xel≈nia in manuscripts
of Apollod.; see Wescher, 178 n. 4. Sophocles, Lexicon, citing this
use, s.v., gives: “Latin subgrunda = ge›son”; see also LSJ, s.v. Perhaps the
term is used for the portion of a cornice hollowed out to receive a door
pivot. Trapp, Lexikon, s.v., gives “(kleine) Faust.”
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