Διέφερον
they bore through, they bore to the end
Translated by James Cousins14 Jun 2004Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[sc. This verb occurs] in Thucydides meaning they endured or they survived or they carefully outlasted.
"But the Athenians bore the war through."
"But the Athenians bore the war through."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Διέφερον· παρὰ Θουκυδίδῃ ἀντὶ τοῦ διήνυον ἢ ὑπέμενον ἢ ἐπιμελῶς ἐξήνυον. οἱ δὲ Ἀθηναῖοι τὸν πόλεμον διέφερον.