Ἀποξυστροῦνται
they are bent awry
Translated by Jennifer Benedict4 Jun 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] they turn at an angle, they turn back.
Polybius [writes]: "For the swords of the Gauls, because of their manufacture, make only one effective cut, the first; after this they are immediately bent awry, so curved both lengthwise and sideways that unless someone gives the attackers pause to plant them in the ground and make them straight again with their foot, their second blow is completely useless."1
Polybius [writes]: "For the swords of the Gauls, because of their manufacture, make only one effective cut, the first; after this they are immediately bent awry, so curved both lengthwise and sideways that unless someone gives the attackers pause to plant them in the ground and make them straight again with their foot, their second blow is completely useless."1