Suda On Line
Search
|
Search results for alpha,1130 in Adler number:
Headword:
*)ale/casqai
Adler number: alpha,1130
Translated headword: to ward off
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] to defend.[1]
Xenophon [writes]: "for there was a great difference between starting from [friendly] territory to ward off the enemy and fighting while on the march with the enemy attacking".[2]
*)ale/casqai: e)pamu/nein. *cenofw=n: polu\ ga\r die/feren e)k xw/ras o(rmwme/nous a)le/casqai h)\ proporeuome/nous e)piou=si toi=s polemi/ois ma/xesqai.
Notes:
The headword is aorist middle infinitive of
a)le/cw. It might be extracted from the quotation given, or else (and more probably?) quoted from
Homer, Iliad 13.475; cf. the
scholia there.
cf.
alpha 1131,
alpha 1132,
alpha 1133,
alpha 1134,
alpha 1135,
alpha 1136,
alpha 1139,
alpha 1140.
[1] Similar entry in
Hesychius (alpha2871).
[2]
Xenophon,
Anabasis 3.4.33 (with minor differences).
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 3 May 2000@00:52:09.
Vetted by:
No. of records found: 1
Page 1
End of search