Ἀφίστων
they were keeping away, they were driving away
Translated by Jennifer Benedict4 Jun 2001Vetting: high11 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] they were turning away, they were preventing. "The Romans were driving the barbarians away from the siege."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀφίστων· ἀπέτρεπον, ἀπεκώλυον. τοὺς δὲ βαρβάρους τῆς πολιορκίας ἀφίστων οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι.
Betacode
*)afi/stwn: a)pe/trepon, a)pekw/luon. tou\s de\ barba/rous th=s poliorki/as a)fi/stwn oi( *(rwmai=oi.