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Headword:
*)/aghma
Adler number: alpha,219
Translated headword: division, guard, force, troop
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] the king's advancing force of elephants and horses and infantry. But some [sc. say that this term means] the best part of the Macedonian battle array;[1] strong in weaponry and in the conditioning of their bodies.[2]
Greek Original:*)/aghma: to\ proi+o\n tou= basile/ws ta/gma e)lefa/ntwn kai\ i(/ppwn kai\ pezw=n. oi( de\ to\ a)/riston th=s *makedonikh=s sunta/cews: krataio\n o(pli/sei kai\ swma/twn eu)eci/a|.
Notes:
See also
alpha 220.
[1] Same or similar material in other lexica; references at
Photius alpha165 Theodoridis.
[2] This last clause (not in the other lexica) is perhaps a quotation; if so, it is unidentifiable.
Translated by: William Hutton on 22 October 2000@23:07:28.
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