Ἐναίρειν
to slay, to despoil
Translated by Catharine Roth5 Apr 2007Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to plunder the weapons.1
"You alone, holding out your defensive shield for the ships being plundered, always withstood the grievous War-god of the Trojans."2
[The verb]e)nai/rein [is used] improperly also in reference to animals. Homer [writes]: "to despoil the beasts." For beasts do not have weapons so as to be despoiled. Properly [the verb is used] in reference to humans.3
"You alone, holding out your defensive shield for the ships being plundered, always withstood the grievous War-god of the Trojans."2
[The verb]