- Source
- Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, editor. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).
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- CTS URN
- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:4.58.1
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-10
The author explains the abundance of rivers for the Scythians and the unique property of Scythian grass, which produces an exceptional amount of gall in cattle.
τοῖσι μὲν δὴ ὀνομαστοῖσι ποταμοῖσι οὕτω δή τι οἱ Σκύθαι ἐσκευάδαται,1 τοῖσι δὲ κτήνεσι ἡ ποίη ἀναφυομένη ἐν τῇ Σκυθικῆ ἐστι ἐπιχολωτάτη πασέων ποιέων τῶν ἡμεῖς ἴδμεν· ἀνοιγομένοισι δὲ τοῖσι κτήνεσι ἐστὶ σταθμώσασθαι2 ὅτι τοῦτο οὕτω ἔχει.
With regard to their famous rivers, then, the Scythians are thus provided; but for their cattle, the grass that grows in Scythia is the most productive of gall of any grass we know. And when the cattle are opened, one can estimate that this is indeed the case.
- 4.58.1ἐσκευάδαται
The third-person plural perfect middle-passive of the verb σκευάζω, with the Ionic ending -αται (equivalent to Attic -νται). Used with the dative τοῖσι ὀνομαστοῖσι ποταμοῖσι to mean 'are provided with' or 'are equipped with'.
- 4.58.1ἐστὶ σταθμώσασθαι
The impersonal ἔστι (with recessive accent) followed by the infinitive σταθμώσασθαι (aorist middle infinitive of σταθμάομαι, 'to estimate, confirm'), expressing possibility: 'it is possible to judge/confirm'.