γερροχελώνη
βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος → a life without feasting is a long journey without an inn | a life without festivals is a long journey without inns | a life without festivals is a long road without inns | a life without festivity is a long road without an inn | a life without festivity is like a long road without an inn | a life without holidays is like a long road without taverns | a life without parties is a long journey without inns | a life without public holidays is a long road without hotels
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A penthouse, mantlet, used in siege-works, Ph.Bel.98.19.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
γερροχελώνη: ἡ ἴδε γέρρον, πολιορκητικὴ μηχανὴ ὁμοία χελώνῃ ἐκ γέρρων πεποιημένη, Φίλων ἐν Μαθ. Ἀρχ. σ. 99.
Spanish (DGE)
-ης, ἡ
testudo o mantelete formado por escudos de mimbre colocados sobre las cabezas de los guerreros, Ph.Mech.98.19, Poliorc.199.15.
