Ἐνστομισμάτων
bits, curbs
Translated by Catharine Roth22 May 2007Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
"The king was doing these things using the virtue of the Judaean brothers as curbs [for his governors, lest] they should make a league with them."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐνστομισμάτων· ἔπρασσε δὲ ταῦτα ὁ βασιλεὺς χρῄζων ἐνστομισμάτων τῇ ἀρετῇ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἀδελφῶν εἰς φιλίας κτήσασθαι.