ΕΛΕΠΟΛΕΙΣ, ελεπολεις
ELEPOLEIS, elepoleis
Sounds Like: eh-leh-POH-leess
Translations: siege towers, war engines, battering rams
From the root: ΕΛΕΠΟΛΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: An 'helepolis' was a massive, mobile siege tower used in ancient warfare, particularly by the Greeks and Romans. These structures were designed to protect soldiers while they approached enemy fortifications, allowing them to breach walls or engage defenders from a height. The word 'ΕΛΕΠΟΛΕΙΣ' is the plural form, referring to multiple such war machines.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative or Vocative
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 19:41
- Book Three — 6:12
- Book Five — 6:28, 6:32, 6:34, 11:28, 11:34
- Book Six — 1:23, 1:26, 8:20
From the same root
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