Ἀνασώσων
intending to recover
Translated by Jennifer Benedict20 Oct 2000Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning one who is] intending to regain.1
"[...] intending to recover both the country and the cities which they each happened to have had destroyed by [the] Romans."2 That is, regaining [them].
And Aelian [writes]: "[he] not expecting at all that they would be able to recover the place above-mentioned and to retrieve [their property?] from somewhere; rather, in order that, being overtaken by calamity for their sins, in the second danger they could be punished and made equal."3
"[...] intending to recover both the country and the cities which they each happened to have had destroyed by [the] Romans."2 That is, regaining [them].
And Aelian [writes]: "[he] not expecting at all that they would be able to recover the place above-mentioned and to retrieve [their property?] from somewhere; rather, in order that, being overtaken by calamity for their sins, in the second danger they could be punished and made equal."3