γερροχελώνη
From LSJ
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
English (LSJ)
ἡ, penthouse, mantlet, used in siege-works, Ph.Bel.98.19.
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.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
γερροχελώνη: ἡ ἴδε γέρρον, πολιορκητικὴ μηχανὴ ὁμοία χελώνῃ ἐκ γέρρων πεποιημένη, Φίλων ἐν Μαθ. Ἀρχ. σ. 99.
Greek Monolingual
γερροχελώνη, η (Α)
βλ. γέρρον (4).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < γέρρον + χελώνη.
German (Pape)
ἡ, Schirmdach von Flechtwerk, Mathem.
