Ἐνέκειντο

they were persisting, they were pressing hard

Translated by Catharine Roth7 Apr 2007Vetting: high3 revisions

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[Meaning] they were occupying themselves persistently.¹ "If of course anything was lacking, they were seizing it and persisting in the siege."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐνέκειντο· ἐπιμόνως ἠσχολοῦντο. εἰ δή τι ἐλέλειπτο, ἁρπασάμενοι ἐνέκειντο τῇ πολιορκίᾳ.

Betacode

Ἐνέκειντο · they were persisting, they were pressing hard (ε 1228) · Suda

*)ene/keinto: e)pimo/nws h)sxolou=nto. ei) dh/ ti e)le/leipto, a(rpasa/menoi e)ne/keinto th=| poliorki/a|.