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Ἐξιστορήσαντες · inquiring of (ε 1774) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near ε1774

ε1770I stand aside from, I abandon
ε1771making way [for]
ε1772to make way, to stand apart
ε1773changes, amazes
ε1774inquiring of
ε1775makes equal
ε1776I am equivalent to, I am on the level of
ε1777fading, evanescence
ε1778faded, evanescent

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε1774

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Ἐξιστορήσαντες

inquiring of

Translated by Catharine Roth19 Jan 2006Vetting: high3 revisions

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1 note · 30 words

Translation

[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning they] searching out, describing.¹
"Inquiring of these men what they wanted to learn from the army of Xerxes, the Greeks sent them back in bonds."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐξιστορήσαντες· αἰτιατικῇ. ἀναζητήσαντες, διηγησάμενοι. τούτους οἱ Ἕλληνες ἐξιστορήσαντες ἃ ἐβούλοντο πυθέσθαι ἀπὸ τῆς Ξέρξου στρατιᾶς, ἀποπέμπουσι δεδεμένους.

Betacode

*)ecistorh/santes: ai)tiatikh=|. a)nazhth/santes, dihghsa/menoi. tou/tous oi( *(/ellhnes e)cistorh/santes a(\ e)bou/lonto puqe/sqai a)po\ th=s *ce/rcou stratia=s, a)pope/mpousi dedeme/nous.

Notes (1)

[1] The headword is nominative masculine plural, aorist active participle, of e)cistore/w; presumably extracted from the quotation which follows.
2Herodotus 7.195: web address 1.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

ε1772Ἐξίστασθαιto make way, to stand apart ε1773Ἐξίστησινchanges, amazes ε1774Ἐξιστορήσαντεςinquiring of ε1775Ἐξισοῖmakes equal ε1776ἘξισοῦμαιI am equivalent to, I am on the level of

Revision history3 revisions · last 18 Sep 2012

18 Sep 2012upgraded link — Catharine Roth
18 Sep 2012Revised — David Whitehead
19 Jan 2006tweaked headword and tr; augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
19 Jan 2006Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐξιστορήσαντες (Adler number epsilon 1774), trans. Catharine Roth, 19 Jan 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/1774

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗