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Ἀποστέγειν · to keep away (α 3550) · Suda

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Near α3550

α3546distance
α3547I will be parted from, I will abandon
α3548palisading
α3549I might keep aloof, I might rebel, I might revolt
α3550to keep away
α3551I send off
α3552I withdraw (from)
α3553confiscation
α3554fleecing

Suda/Α alpha/α3550

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Ἀποστέγειν

to keep away

Translated by Jennifer Benedict15 Jun 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

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2 notes · 29 words

Translation

"Nor to have a circuit of walls, one strong enough to keep away and turn back their enemies."¹ That is [strong enough] to keep [them] off, to deter [them].²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀποστέγειν· μήτε μὴν τειχῶν ἔχειν περίβολον, οἷον ἀποστέγειν καὶ ἀναστέλλειν τοὺς πολεμίους καρτερόν. οἷον ἀπερύκειν, κωλύειν.

Betacode

*)aposte/gein: mh/te mh\n teixw=n e)/xein peri/bolon, oi(=on a)poste/gein kai\ a)naste/llein tou\s polemi/ous kartero/n. oi(=on a)peru/kein, kwlu/ein.

Notes (2)

The headword infinitive is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
1Aelian fr. 56b Domingo-Foraste (part of 53 Hercher); see alpha 3205 for the beginning of the sentence. ↩
2cf. generally alpha 2328.

Linked from1 entry

α3205Ἀπιθήςinflexible, unyielding[Meaning] that which is difficult and hard to climb for those who want to go. "Alalkomenai is a city; and I hear that it neither lies on an elevated and unyielding hill-top nor has a circuit of walls."

Neighbouring entries

α3548Ἀποσταυροῦντεςpalisading α3549ἈποσταίηνI might keep aloof, I might rebel, I might revolt α3550Ἀποστέγεινto keep away α3551ἈποστέλλωI send off α3552ἈποστεροῦμαιI withdraw (from)

Revision history4 revisions · last 29 Aug 2015

29 Aug 2015Revised — David Whitehead
5 Apr 2012another note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
14 Feb 2012updated reference — Catharine Roth
15 Jun 2001added notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
15 Jun 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀποστέγειν (Adler number alpha 3550), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 15 Jun 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/3550

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗