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Headword:
*)egkolpi/zontai
Adler number: epsilon,104
Translated headword: they engulf
Vetting Status: high
Translation: "The barbarians engulf the citadel, having pretended to be about to come over to the Romans; they were 400 in number."[1]
Greek Original:*)egkolpi/zontai: oi( de\ ba/rbaroi to\ po/lisma e)gkolpi/zontai, prosxwrh/sein *(rwmai/ois u(pokrina/menoi, oi( u# to\n a)riqmo/n.
Notes:
The headword is the third-person plural present indicative middle/passive form of the verb (for which cf.
kappa 1966), and occurs as such in the quotation.
[1] Theophylact Simocatta,
Histories 3.5.12-13, on the capture of Martyropolis (cf.
alpha 3649 note) by the Persians in the summer of 589; cf. de Boor (119) and Whitby (79).
C. de Boor, ed., Theophylacti Simocattae Historiae, (Leipzig 1887, reprint 2022)
M. Whitby and M. Whitby, eds. and trans., The History of Theophylact Simocatta, (Oxford 1986)
Keywords: dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; historiography; history; imagery; military affairs
Translated by: William Hutton on 17 June 2005@06:21:34.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (added x-ref and another keyword) on 17 June 2005@06:29:35.
David Whitehead (more keywords; cosmetics) on 25 July 2012@05:27:25.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 11 July 2015@00:45:37.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.1, added bibliography and cross-reference) on 14 February 2025@10:57:24.
Catharine Roth (tweaked note) on 16 February 2025@00:24:22.
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