ἐπικάμπιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἐπικάμπιον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> = [[ἐπικαμπής]], [[curved]], [[τοῖχοι]], [[τείχη]], Ph.''Bel.''80.11, 82.3; <b class="b3">ἐ. τάξις</b> an order of battle in which one or both wings [[formed an angle]] with the centre, being either thrown forwards to attack the enemy in flank (cf. [[ἐπικαμπή]]), or backwards so as to meet a flank attack, Plb.6.31.2, D.S.17.57; also as a march formation, Ascl.''Tact.''11.1.<br><span class="bld">II</span>. Subst. [[ἐπικάμπιον]], τό, = [[ἐπικαμπή]], Arr.''Tact.''26.7; ἐπικαμπίου τάξις Ael.''Tact.''31.4; <b class="b3">ἐν ἐπικαμπίῳ</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἐν μετώπῳ</b>, Polyaen.4.3.22, cf. Plb. 5.82.9; also of fleets in naval warfare, Id.1.27.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. of buildings, [[wing]], τὸ ἐ. τῆς στοᾶς Plu.2.594b; <b class="b3">τῇ ἐξέδρᾳ τῇ ἐν τῷ ἐ.</b> ''IG''12(9).234 (Eretria, i B.C.), cf. 12(8).266 (Thasos), ''AJA''19.333 (Atalante).<br><span class="bld">3</span>. [[ἐπικάμπια]], τά, [[nodal points]] of the moon's orbit, Ptol.''Tetr.''167, Doroth. in ''Cat.Cod.Astr.''6.91.