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Menander, Monostichoi, 512

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

hĕlĕpŏlis: is, f., = ἑλέπολις (citytaking),
I a besieging engine, invented by Demetrius Poliorcetes, Vitr. 10, 22; Amm. 23, 4.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

hĕlĕpŏlis, is, f. (ἑλέπολις), hélépole, machine de siège : Vitr. Arch. 10, 22 ; Amm. 23, 4.

Latin > German (Georges)

helepolis, Akk. im, f. (ελέπολις), die Stadteinnehmerin, die Stadteroberungsmaschine, eine Belagerungsmaschine von erstaunlicher Größe, Vitr. 10, 16 (22), 3 sqq.; vgl. Amm. 23, 4, 10 sqq.