Ἀνεκρούετο

was being checked

Translated by Jennifer Benedict15 Jun 2000Vetting: high6 revisions

8 words

[Meaning he/she/it] was stopping short, was drawing back.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀνεκρούετο· ἀνέκοπτεν, ἀνέστελλεν.

Betacode

*)anekrou/eto: a)ne/kopten, a)ne/stellen.

Same entry in Photius and elsewhere. The headword (third person singular, imperfect middle/passive, of a)nakrou/w) must be quoted from somewhere. See e.g. Plutarch, Caesar 42.1.