χελώνη
χελών-η,
ἡ,
A). tortoise, h.Merc. 42 ,
48 , Orac. ap.
Hdt. 1.47 ,
48 ;
χ. χερσαία (cf. infr.
2 )
Arist. PA 671a28 : prov. of insensibility,
ἰὼ χελῶναι μακάριαι τοῦ δέρματος Ar. V. 1292 , cf.
429 (lyr.),
S. Fr. 279 ,
Luc. Vit.Auct. 9 ; of slowness,
Plu. 2.1082e ,
Lib. Ep. 74.1 , etc.
2). sounding-board of lyre, Plu. 2.1030b .
III). pent-house or
shed for protecting beseigers,
χ. ξυλίνη X. HG 3.1.7 , cf.
Aen.Tact. 32.11 ;
χ. χωστρίς, used to protect sappers and miners,
Plb. 9.41.1 ,
10.31.8 ,
Onos. 42.3 ;
κριοφόρος, to cover the battering-ram,
D.S. 20.48 , etc., cf.
App. Mith. 31 .
b). = Lat.
testudo, overlapping shields, D.C. 49.30 .
2). a kind of frame or cradle, on which heavy weights were moved by means of rollers underneath, Hero Mech. 3.1 (vol. ii p.294 Schmidt).
4). coin bearing the impress of a
tortoise, first coined at Aegina,
Poll. 9.74 ,
Hsch. 6). tomb with arched roof, JHS 10.82 (Patara).
8). part of a surgical machine, from its slow uniform motion,
Orib. 49.4.45 .
9). =
χελώνιον 111 ,
IG 11(2).159 A 26 ,
60 (Delos, iii B. C.).
ShortDef
a tortoise
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">χελών-η</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tortoise,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">h.Merc.</span> 42 </span>,<span class="bibl"> 48 </span>, Orac. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:47" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.47/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.47 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:48/canonical-url/"> 48 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">χ. χερσαία</span> (cf. infr.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2/canonical-url/"> 2 </a>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:671a:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:671a.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PA</span> 671a28 </a>: prov. of insensibility, <span class="quote greek">ἰὼ χελῶναι μακάριαι τοῦ δέρματος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1292" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1292/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 1292 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:429" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:429/canonical-url/"> 429 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:279" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:279/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 279 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg024:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg024:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Vit.Auct.</span> 9 </a>; of slowness, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.1082e </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2200.tlg001:74:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2200.tlg001:74.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lib.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 74.1 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">ποντιὰς χ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">turtle,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0433.tlg001:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0433.tlg001:29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Crates Com.</span> 29 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χ. θαλασσία</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> </span> l.c., cf. <span class="bibl"> 540a29 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg002:1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg002:1.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">VH</span> 1.6 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:44:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:44:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paus.</span> 1.44.8 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tortoise-shell,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:2:478" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:2.478/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span> 2.478 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sounding-board</span> of lyre, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.1030b </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pent-house</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shed</span> for protecting beseigers, <span class="quote greek">χ. ξυλίνη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:1:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:1:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 3.1.7 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0058.tlg001.perseus-grc1:32:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0058.tlg001.perseus-grc1:32.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aen.Tact.</span> 32.11 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">χ. χωστρίς,</span> used to protect sappers and miners, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:41:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:41:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 9.41.1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:31:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:31:8/canonical-url/"> 10.31.8 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0648.tlg001.perseus-grc1:42:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0648.tlg001.perseus-grc1:42.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Onos.</span> 42.3 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">κριοφόρος,</span> to cover the battering-ram, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:20:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:20.48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 20.48 </a>, etc., cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg014.perseus-grc1:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg014.perseus-grc1:31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">App.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mith.</span> 31 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> = Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">testudo, overlapping shields,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:49:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:49.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.C.</span> 49.30 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> a kind of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">frame</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cradle,</span> on which heavy weights were moved by means of rollers underneath, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hero</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mech.</span> 3.1 </span> (vol. ii <span class="bibl"> p.294 </span> Schmidt). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">footstool,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0586.tlg001:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0586.tlg001:44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Polem.Hist.</span> 44 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span></span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Suid.</span> </span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">coin</span> bearing the impress of a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tortoise,</span> first coined at Aegina, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:9:74" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:9.74/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 9.74 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span> </span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hillocks,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg036:12:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg036:12.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ho.</span> 12.11 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tomb with arched roof</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">JHS</span> 10.82 </span> (Patara). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>7).</strong></span> a kind of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bandage,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Heliod.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:48:66" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:48.66/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orib.</span> 48.66 </a> tit., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg003:56" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg003:56/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sor.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fasc.</span> 56 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>8).</strong></span> part of a surgical machine, from its slow uniform motion, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:49:4:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:49:4:45/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orib.</span> 49.4.45 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>9).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">χελώνιον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:111" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:111/canonical-url/"> 111 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 11(2).159 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">A</span> 26 </span>,<span class="bibl"> 60 </span> (Delos, iii B. C.).</div> </div><br><br>'}