Ἐγχρίπτεται
comes close
Translated by Catharine Roth18 Jan 2006Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he/she/it] approaches.
"Onto the [battering-]rams, whenever they attacked, they were throwing heavy weights, so that the strength [sc. of the rams] would perish as they were coming close."1
"Onto the [battering-]rams, whenever they attacked, they were throwing heavy weights, so that the strength [sc. of the rams] would perish as they were coming close."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐγχρίπτεται· ἐγγίζει. τοῖς δὲ κριοῖς, ὁπότ' ἐπιφέροιντο, ἐπέβαλλον βάρη, ὡς ἐγχριπτομένοις ὀλλύοιτο ἡ βία.