Ἀπαράξειεν
might cut off
Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 23 Nov 2000 · Vetting: high · 7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he/she/it] might tear off, might separate off.
"So that if he might cut these men off from the ridge and gain control of the heights he would quickly overpower those in the plain."1
"So that if he might cut these men off from the ridge and gain control of the heights he would quickly overpower those in the plain."1
Greek original
Ἀπαράξειεν· ἀποσπάσειεν, ἀποχωρίσειεν. ὡς εἰ τούτους ἀπαράξειε τοῦ λόφου καὶ γένοιτο τῶν ἄκρων ἐγκρατὴς θᾶττον κατεργασόμενος τοὺς ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ.
Betacode
*)apara/ceien: a)pospa/seien, a)poxwri/seien. w(s ei) tou/tous a)para/ceie tou= lo/fou kai\ ge/noito tw=n a)/krwn e)gkrath\s qa=tton katergaso/menos tou\s e)n tw=| pedi/w|.
Notes (1)
- No equivalent entry in other lexica.↩
The headword as transmitted is presumably extracted from the quotation given, though Adler notes Valckenaer's suggestion that it might be a version ofa)ph/racan [pl.] in Herodotus 8.90.2.- 1Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable.
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