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Headword:
Patassousêi
Adler number: pi,778
Translated headword: pounding
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] agitated under the influence of cowardice.
Dexippus [writes]: "the leader experienced shock at everything as it was announced; for under the influence of his inborn cowardice and lack of experience in warfare, with ears unfurled, with eyes turbulent, with heart pounding, always expecting to hear something, it was clear to those under his command that he would resort to flight."[1]
Patassousêi: hupo deilias klonoumenêi. Dexippos: ên de tou kathêgoumenou pros pan to apangellomenon ekplêxis: hupo gar emphutou deilias kai apeirias tôn polemikôn anapeptamenois men tois ôsi, tethorubêmenois de tois ophthalmois, patassousêi de têi kardiai, aei ti akousesthai elpizôn, tois archomenois katadêlos ên hôs phugêi chrêsetai.
Notes:
The headword -- present participle, feminine dative singular, of
pata/ssw (cf.
pi 777,
pi 779) -- is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
[1]
Dexippus FGrH 100 F39 (unplaced).
Translated by: William Hutton on 1 September 2011@02:01:54.
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