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Headword:
*pru/mnan
e)krou/onto
Adler number: pi,2985
Translated headword: they began to back water
Vetting Status: high
Translation: To 'back water' is to retreat little by little, not turning the vessel; for he who retreats in this way rows backwards. They do this in order not to be seen to be openly fleeing, withdrawing little by little in order not to expose the rear to the enemy and suffer damage.
Greek Original:*pru/mnan e)krou/onto: pru/mnan a)nakrou/esqai e)sti\ to\ kat' o)li/gon u(panaxwrei=n, mh\ stre/yantas to\ ploi=on: o( ga\r ou(/tws a)naxwrw=n e)pi\ th\n pru/mnan kwphlatei=. tou=to de\ poiou=sin, i(/na do/cwsi mh\ fanerw=s feu/gein, kat' o)li/gon u(papio/ntes, i(/na mh\ ta\ nw=ta toi=s polemi/ois do/ntes titrw/skwntai.
Notes:
Likewise in other lexica; references at
Photius pi1432 Theodoridis. From the
scholia to
Thucydides 1.50.5, where the headword phrase occurs (web address 1): Corinthian warships do this during the battle of
Sybota.
See also
epsilon 2539; and for the idiom, LSJ s.v.
krou/w, 9.
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Keywords: definition; geography; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 24 February 2010@06:55:28.
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