Ἀποσαλεύσας
having ridden at anchor
Translated by Jennifer Benedict3 Jun 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
In Thucydides [this word is used] to mean [he] having escaped from the harbour and having met a wave, that is [having met] the harbourless place, where a wave occurs.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀποσαλεύσας· παρὰ Θουκυδίδῃ ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀποφυγὼν ἐκ τοῦ λιμένος καὶ σάλῳ ὁμιλήσας, τουτέστι τῷ ἀλιμένῳ τόπῳ, ἔνθα σάλος γίνεται.