χελώνη
χελώνη
from χέλυς
χελώνη, ἡ,
a tortoise, Hhymn., Hdt.; prov. of insensibility, ἰὼ χελῶναι μακάριαι τοῦ δέρματος oh ye tortoises, happy in your thick skins! Ar.
like Roman testudo, a pent-house formed of shields overlapping each other like the scales on a tortoiseʼs back, used by storming parties in approaching a cityʼs walls: then, generally, a pent-house for protecting besiegers, Xen.
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χελώνη
Headword (normalized/stripped):
χελωνη
Intro Text:
χελώνη
from χέλυς
χελώνη, ἡ,
a tortoise, Hhymn., Hdt.; prov. of insensibility, ἰὼ χελῶναι μακάριαι τοῦ δέρματος oh ye tortoises, happy in your thick skins! Ar.
like Roman testudo, a pent-house formed of shields overlapping each other like the scales on a tortoiseʼs back, used by storming parties in approaching a cityʼs walls: then, generally, a pent-house for protecting besiegers, Xen.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n35694
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