Διετείνοντο
they were delaying
Translated by David Whitehead19 Oct 2000Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Antiphon [uses this] in a special sense, to mean they did all they could to prevent.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Διετείνοντο· ἰδίως Ἀντιφῶν. ἀντὶ τοῦ διὰ συντόνου σπουδῆς ἀπηρνήσαντο.
Betacode
*dietei/nonto: i)di/ws *)antifw=n. a)nti\ tou= dia\ sunto/nou spoudh=s a)phrnh/santo.
Notes
- Abridged from Harpokration s.v., who correctly has the aorist tense (from Antiphon 5.46: web address 1); here it is imperfect.