Δέοντο

they were binding

Translated by Jennifer Benedict27 Jul 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

5 words

[Meaning] they were tying up.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δέοντο· ἐδεσμεύοντο.

Betacode

*de/onto: e)desmeu/onto.

From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 18.553, where the headword occurs in the description of Achilles' shield, to be understood as middle voice rather than passive (web address 1). Likewise or similarly glossed in other lexica.