Διεκπατῆσαι
to go off track
Translated by David Whitehead12 May 2003Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to leave the beaten track. They say that for a time Epimenides went off track and busied himself with vegetable-gardening.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Διεκπατῆσαι· τοῦ πάτου παρεξελθεῖν. λέγουσιν Ἐπιμενίδην χρόνον ἕνα διεκπατῆσαι ἀσχολούμενον περὶ ῥιζοτομίαν.
Betacode
*diekpath=sai: tou= pa/tou parecelqei=n. le/gousin *)epimeni/dhn xro/non e(/na diekpath=sai a)sxolou/menon peri\ r(izotomi/an.