Βρόχοις
with nooses, with slip-knots
Translated by William Hutton8 Oct 2002Vetting: high15 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] with ropes.1
"They, then, having attached some slip-knots let [him] down by night from the precinct."2
And elsewhere: "by using the ropes they were scaling the defenses."3
And [the phrase] "he attaching a noose" [employs] an accusative, even though the [verb]a(/ptomai ['attach one's self'] governs a genitive.4
"They, then, having attached some slip-knots let [him] down by night from the precinct."2
And elsewhere: "by using the ropes they were scaling the defenses."3
And [the phrase] "he attaching a noose" [employs] an accusative, even though the [verb]