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Headword: *)antiperi/spasma
Adler number: alpha,2711
Translated headword: diversion
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning an] impediment.
"They sent away a general, wanting to create a diversion for the Celts who were with Hannibal".[1]
Greek Original:
*)antiperi/spasma: e)mpo/dion. e)cape/steilan strathgo\n, boulo/menoi a)ntiperi/spasma poiei=n toi=s *keltoi=s toi=s meta\ *)anni/bou.
Notes:
The headword, a neuter noun, is presumably extracted from the quotation given (its only independent occurrence).
[1] Polybius 3.106.6.
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 8 November 2000@16:38:26.
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David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 10 November 2000@03:38:14.
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