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Headword: *naumaxhsei/ontes
Adler number: nu,63
Translated headword: seabattle-eager
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning they who are] prepared for a seabattle.[1]
Or passionate to fight a seabattle, enthusiastic about a sea-battle.[2]
Greek Original:
*naumaxhsei/ontes: pro\s naumaxi/an e(toi/mws e)/xontes. h)\ e)rw=ntes tou= naumaxh=sai, e)piqumi/an e)/xontes naumaxi/as.
Notes:
The headword participle occurs here and elsewhere (see next note) in the nominative plural, but the ultimate source is evidently Thucydides 8.79.3, where it is accusative plural (web address 1).
The verb naumaxhsei/w is a desiderative formation from naumaxe/w (nu 65).
[1] Likewise in Photius nu47 Theodoridis.
[2] These additions come from a marginal gloss in ms M.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; historiography; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 20 October 2005@05:46:53.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (augmented note, added link, set status) on 20 October 2005@11:38:45.
Catharine Roth (added cross-reference) on 20 October 2005@11:39:57.
David Whitehead (augmented notes) on 21 October 2005@03:08:28.
David Whitehead on 5 June 2013@03:52:51.
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