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Headword: *)epa/ntous
Adler number: epsilon,1973
Translated headword: steep
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] lofty.[1] Thucydides [writes]: "the Athenians were hit by many opponents from the hill-crest, which was steep, for the men above found it easier to reach them; and being unable to break through, they retreated".[2]
Greek Original:
*)epa/ntous: u(yhlou=. *qoukudi/dhs: oi( de\ *)aqhnai=oi ballo/menoi u(po\ pollw=n a)po\ tou= lo/fou e)pa/ntous o)/ntos, dii+knou=nto ga\r r(a=|on oi( a)/nwqen, ou) duna/menoi bia/sasqai a)nexw/roun.
Notes:
[1] The headword -- presumably extracted from the quotation given -- is genitive singular of the rare adjective e)pa/nths.
[2] Thucydides 7.79.2 (web address 1).
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 10 November 2000@10:17:53.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (added note, link, keyword) on 8 January 2003@00:10:47.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaking) on 30 September 2012@06:28:56.
Catharine Roth (upgraded link) on 30 September 2012@22:32:19.
David Whitehead on 20 January 2016@03:09:51.
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