Ἀποθρώσκοντα

leaping off from

Translated by Jennifer Benedict5 Feb 2001Vetting: high3 revisions

5 words

[Meaning him] jumping off from.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀποθρώσκοντα· ἀποπηδῶντα.

Betacode

*)apoqrw/skonta: a)pophdw=nta.

Same entry in other lexica. The headword is masculine accusative singular of this present participle. It is used in -- and surely quoted here from -- Homer, Iliad 2.702 (of a warrior who is killed while doing this from a ship); see also Odyssey 1.58.