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Headword:
*diwri/a
Adler number: delta,1249
Translated headword: breathing-space, time-slot, window of opportunity
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning a] truce.
"It was decided to lift the siege [for a short while] and give the revolutionaries a time-slot of [= for] counsel".[1]
Greek Original:*diwri/a: a)nakwxh/. do/can d' e)panei=nai th\n poliorki/an kai\ diwri/an boulh=s toi=s stasiastai=s parasxei=n.
Notes:
[1] A slight abridgement -- the phrase
pro\s o)li/gon is here omitted -- of
Josephus,
Jewish War 5.348 (web address 1).
As noted in LSJ s.v., it is unclear whether the headword is etymologically related to
o(/ros or
w(/ra.
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 12 May 2003@09:58:10.
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