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Headword: *)apro/smaxoi
Adler number: alpha,3701
Translated headword: irresistible (ones)
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] unconquerable [ones].
"And the Romans perceived that in the plains which lay open and in their native land the Parthians might not be irresistible."[1]
Greek Original:
*)apro/smaxoi: a)katagw/nistoi. kai\ *(rwmai/ous e)n pedi/ois a)napeptame/nois kai\ e)n th=| e)kei/nwn oi)kei/a| gh=| ai)sqe/sqai, o(/ti ou)k a)pro/smaxoi ei)=en *pa/rqoi.
Notes:
The headword, a nominative plural (again under mu 298), is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
[1] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler notes Tittman's attribution of it to Appian).
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 15 February 2002@11:26:01.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added keyword; cosmetics) on 17 February 2002@05:36:29.
David Whitehead (added keyword) on 23 August 2002@04:41:06.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaks) on 9 February 2011@08:42:19.
David Whitehead on 9 April 2012@08:18:10.
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