Ἐνικλᾶν

to break off

Translated by David Whitehead2 May 2007Vetting: high3 revisions

3 words

[Meaning] to hinder/thwart.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐνικλᾶν· ἐμποδίζειν.

Betacode

*)enikla=n: e)mpodi/zein.

Same entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 8.408 (repeated 8.422), where the headword (present infinitive of e)nikla/w) occurs in this figurative sense. See web address 1.