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Headword:
*)/ilas
Adler number: iota,297
Translated headword: troops
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] herds, or ranks.[1] Also [sc. attested is] i)la/rxas ["troop-leaders"], [meaning] taxiarchs.[2]
For i)/lh [means] a dense mass, a formation of a mass of cavalry.[3]
Greek Original:*)/ilas: a)ge/las, h)\ ta/ceis. kai\ i)la/rxas, tacia/rxas. *)/ilh ga\r sustrofh/, ta/cis o)/xlou i(ppikou=.
Notes:
[1] The headword (which must be quoted from somewhere -- there are numerous possibilities) is acccusative plural of
i)/lh; cf.
epsiloniota 99,
iota 286,
iota 311.
[2] Another accusative plural, probably quoted from Arrian or
Polybius. (Thus far the entry is also in other lexica; see the references at
Photius iota101 Theodoridis.)
[3] From a gloss on
Herodotus 1.73.3, where this nominative occurs.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 10 April 2006@00:51:40.
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