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Headword:
*katatei/nousan
Adler number: kappa,819
Translated headword: stretching out
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] providing length.[1] "It seemed [to the Homeritae] to be difficult, crossing a deserted territory and a route stretching out for a long time, to go [against a people ...]."[2]
Greek Original:*katatei/nousan: makro/thta pare/xousan. xalepo\n e)/docen ei)=nai xw/ran a)meiyame/nois e)/rhmo/n te kai\ xro/nou pollou= o(do\n katatei/nousan i)e/nai.
Notes:
[1] The headword (presumably extracted from the quotation given) is present active participle, feminine accusative singular, of
katatei/nw; cf.
kappa 818.
[2]
Procopius,
History of the Wars of Justinian 1.20.12. Justinian wants the Homeritae, a people of Arabia, to attack Persia; but they are reluctant. The passage quoted at
sigma 337 comes shortly before this excerpt.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 13 May 2008@11:27:46.
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