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Headword: *diadromai/
Adler number: delta,546
Translated headword: runnings-through
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[A term used] in reference to movements in a battle-line.[1] "And the first [sc. squadron of] cavalry drove by in formation and with good order; then they were divided and standing opposite each other they demonstrated their fighting manoeuvres. And then there took place certain runnings-through in full armor and evolutions and flank-marchings."[2]
Greek Original:
*diadromai/: e)pi\ tw=n e)pi\ parata/cei kinhma/twn. kai\ h(/ ge i(/ppos parh/lase prw/th eu)ta/ktws te kai\ su\n ko/smw|, ei)=ta dih|re/qhsan kai\ a)llh/lois a)ntipro/swpoi sta/ntes maxome/nwn sxh/mata e)pedei/canto. ka)=|ta e)no/plioi diadromai/ tines e)gi/nonto kai\ e)celi/ceis kai\ peri/odoi.
Notes:
[1] Likewise in ps.-Zonaras.
[2] Quotation (unidentifiable) partially repeated at epsilon 1617. For 'evolutions' cf. epsilon 1616, epsilon 1617.
Keywords: clothing; definition; historiography; military affairs; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 7 November 2004@23:02:24.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (small changes to translation; added note and more keywords) on 8 November 2004@03:19:26.
David Whitehead on 27 June 2012@09:52:11.
David Whitehead (another note and keyword) on 20 October 2015@02:56:13.

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