Δάσονται

they will divide amongst themselves

Translated by Jennifer Benedict19 Jul 2002Vetting: high3 revisions

13 words

[Meaning] they are tearing apart. They will split up and eat in pieces.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δάσονται· διασπῶνται. κατὰ μέρη φαγοῦνται καὶ μεριοῦνται.

Betacode

*da/sontai: diaspw=ntai. kata\ me/rh fagou=ntai kai\ meriou=ntai.

Likewise or similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon and cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 22.354, where the headword is used of dogs and birds.