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Headword:
*pra/cantes
Adler number: pi,2211
Translated headword: having had dealings
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Thucydides [writes]: "those who had had dealings with the Athenians" - that is, had plotted [with them] - "said that they ought to open the gates [...] Once opened, the plan was for the Athenians to rush in."[1]
Greek Original:*pra/cantes: *qoukudi/dhs: oi( de\ met' *)aqhnai/wn pra/cantes [toute/sti bouleuqe/ntes] e)/fasan xrh=nai a)noi/gein ta\s pu/las. e)/mellon de\ a)noixqeisw=n ei)spi/ptein toi=s *)aqhnai/ois.
Notes:
The headword participle is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
[1] An approximation of
Thucydides 4.68.4-5 (with explanatory comment), on events at Megara in 424 BCE. See text at web address 1. "The Athenians" should be in the accusative rather than the Suda's dative (which makes it sound as though somebody would be rushing upon the Athenians).
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Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; historiography; history; military affairs; politics
Translated by: David Whitehead on 25 October 2001@06:35:59.
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