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Headword:
*(/ufalos
fa/tis
Adler number: upsilon,697
Translated headword: underwater speech
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] secrecy.[1]
They used to bring in underwater provisions using the helots, who up to a certain point evaded detection in so doing, but were later captured.[2]
Greek Original:*(/ufalos fa/tis: h( krufi/a. dia\ tw=n ei(lw/twn trofa\s u(fa/lous ei)se/feron: oi(\ me/xri tino\s e)la/nqanon tou=to poiou=ntes, u(/steron de\ e(a/lwsan.
Notes:
cf. generally
upsilon 698.
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica (references at
Photius upsilon313 Theodoridis), and cf.
Appendix Proverbiorum 5.10.
[2] From an epitome of
Thucydides 4.26. The passage refers to the events at
Pylos and Sphakteria (SW Peloponnese) in 425 BCE, when the Athenians trapped Spartan soldiers on an island and the Spartans used helots to get food across to the besieged men by boat. See also
upsilon 742.
Translated by: D. Graham J. Shipley on 9 July 2003@07:38:20.
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