Διανεῦσαι

to swim across, to swim through

Translated by Craig Gibson23 Sep 2003Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 22 words

[Meaning] to dive in and swim across.¹
"Having wanted to swim across, they were getting wet because of their [sc. hoplite] panoply."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Διανεῦσαι· διακολυμβῆσαι. διανεῦσαι ἐθελήσαντες ἐβαπτίζοντο ὑπὸ τῆς πανοπλίας.

Διανεῦσαι · to swim across, to swim through (δ 667) · Suda

*dianeu=sai: diakolumbh=sai. dianeu=sai e)qelh/santes e)bapti/zonto u(po\ th=s panopli/as.