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Headword: *)aproo/ptws
Adler number: alpha,3693
Translated headword: unexpectedly
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] unforeseenly, contrary to expectation.[1]
"The spies fell prey to the unexpected."[2]
Greek Original:
*)aproo/ptws: a)proora/tws, a)prosdokh/tws. oi( de\ kata/skopoi u(po\ tou= a)proo/ptou a(li/skontai.
Notes:
[1] Same or similar entry in other lexica. The headword adverb must be quoted from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities.
[2] Quotation (which employs the neuter genitive singular of the related adjective) unidentifiable. For 'spies' cf. epsilon 2585.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; military affairs
Translated by: William Hutton on 3 January 2002@17:13:04.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 6 January 2002@03:31:01.
David Whitehead (expanded notes; cosmetics) on 9 April 2012@07:56:38.
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