Διέκδυσιν

egress, means of escape

Translated by James Vradelis21 Jun 2004Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 32 words
[Meaning an] exit.1
"When one of the prisoners breaks his bonds and escapes, he then flees to the doors of [sc. the temple of] Demeter."2 ["Escapes"] meaning goes from under, flees away.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Διέκδυσιν· διεξέλευσιν. τῶν δὲ δεσμωτῶν εἷς ἀπορρήξας τὰ δεσμὰ καὶ διεκδύς, εἶτα καταφεύγει ἐπὶ τὰ τῆς Δήμητρος πρόθυρα. ἀντὶ τοῦ ὑπεξελθών, ἐκφυγών.

Betacode
*die/kdusin: diece/leusin. tw=n de\ desmwtw=n ei(=s a)porrh/cas ta\ desma\ kai\ diekdu/s, ei)=ta katafeu/gei e)pi\ ta\ th=s *dh/mhtros pro/qura. a)nti\ tou= u(pecelqw/n, e)kfugw/n.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica. The headword noun, accusative case, must be quoted from somewhere. ↩
  2. 2Aelian fr. 54b Domingo-Forasté (51 Hercher), using a verb related to the headword. ↩

Neighbouring entries

δ900Διέθειwas coursing throughδ901Διεθρόησανthey spread the wordδ902Διέκδυσινegress, means of escapeδ903Διεκερμάτισε τὴν δραχμὴν ἐν τοῖς ἰχθύσινhe had the drachma changed in the fish-marketsδ904Διεκόρησας τὴν παῖδαyou deflowered the maiden
Revision history4 revisions · last 2 Nov 2015
  1. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  2. tweaking — David Whitehead
  3. updated reference — Catharine Roth
  4. augmented notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — James Vradelis

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