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Ἀνεκώχευον · they were holding back (α 2238) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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α2234upwards
α2235on each, on every
α2236gushed forth
α2237reclined
α2238they were holding back
α2239cried out
α2240was being checked
α2241tolerable, sustainable
α2242irrefutable

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Ἀνεκώχευον

they were holding back

Translated by Jennifer Benedict17 Jun 2000Vetting: high7 revisions

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2 notes · 34 words

Translation

[Meaning] they were withdrawing.¹
Herodotos [writes]: "they were holding back the ships, they too watching to see how the war would turn out."²
Meaning they had set the sails and were riding at anchor.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀνεκώχευον· ἀνεχώρουν. Ἡρόδοτος· ἀνεκώχευον τὰς νέας, καραδοκέοντες καὶ οὗτοι τὸν πόλεμον, ᾗ πεσέεται. ἀντὶ τοῦ τὰ ὀθόνια στήσαντες ἐσάλευον.

Betacode

*)anekw/xeuon: a)nexw/roun. *(hro/dotos: a)nekw/xeuon ta\s ne/as, karadoke/ontes kai\ ou(=toi to\n po/lemon, h(=| pese/etai. a)nti\ tou= ta\ o)qo/nia sth/santes e)sa/leuon.

Notes (2)

cf. already alpha 1912.
1Same glossing in Photius and elsewhere. The headword is probably extracted from the quotation given, though other instances are known (including another in Herodotus: 7.100.3). ↩
2Herodotus 7.168.2 (web address 1).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

α1912ἈνακωχεύειrefrainsIn Sophocles [this means] reins in. Also [sc. attested is the infinitive] a)nakwxeu/ein, [meaning] to fix the sails and let the ship ride when a storm arises at sea. Strictly speaking one says 'to refrain' when there is…

Neighbouring entries

α2236Ἀνεκήκιενgushed forth α2237Ἀνεκλίθηreclined α2238Ἀνεκώχευονthey were holding back α2239Ἀνέκραγενcried out α2240Ἀνεκρούετοwas being checked

Revision history7 revisions · last 12 Jul 2015

12 Jul 2015 — David Whitehead
15 Aug 2013upgraded link — Catharine Roth
2 Mar 2012augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
4 Aug 2002added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
7 Mar 2001added note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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17 Jun 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀνεκώχευον (Adler number alpha 2238), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 17 Jun 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/2238

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗