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Headword: *)eph/lusis
Adler number: epsilon,2178
Translated headword: assault, approach
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] advent.[1]
"[They were] straining to look at a distance and watching [to see] if there would be any barbarian assault."[2]
Greek Original:
*)eph/lusis: e)pe/leusis. e)n a)po/ptw| karadokou=nte/s te kai\ qew/menoi, ei)/ pou e)ph/lusis e)/stai barbarikh/.
Notes:
[1] cf. epsilon 2176, epsilon 2177, and epsilon 2452.
[2] Menander Protector fr. 12.5 Blockley (132-133), on citizens of Sirmium (cf. sigma 477) looking out for attacking Avars (early 568). On the Avars see generally alpha 18.
Reference:
R.C. Blockley, ed. and trans., The History of Menander the Guardsman, (Cambridge 1985)
Keywords: definition; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 12 July 2006@15:52:21.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 13 July 2006@03:37:03.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation) on 13 July 2006@11:32:55.
David Whitehead (updated ref) on 3 January 2012@05:47:35.
David Whitehead on 9 October 2012@05:55:02.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation) on 1 August 2017@21:41:01.
Catharine Roth (another cross-reference) on 20 September 2017@00:48:36.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.2, added bibliography and cross-references) on 19 September 2024@11:10:58.
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