Ἐτειχηροῦντο

they were being enwalled

Translated by Ioannis Doukas31 Jan 2008Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 21 words
[Meaning] they were being surrounded with walls, they were being confined.1 "They were being enwalled within the trench and the bulwark".2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐτειχηροῦντο· τοῖς τείχεσι περιεστοιχίζοντο, περιεκλείοντο. ἐντὸς δὲ τῆς τάφρου καὶ τοῦ ἐρύματος ἐτειχηροῦντο.

Betacode
*)eteixhrou=nto: toi=s tei/xesi periestoixi/zonto, perieklei/onto. e)nto\s de\ th=s ta/frou kai\ tou= e)ru/matos e)teixhrou=nto.

Notes (2)

  1. Same entry in ps.-Zonaras.
  2. 1The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given but not otherwise attested, is third person plural, imperfect passive, of the verb teixhre/w. ↩
  3. 1Quotation (from an historical source) unidentifiable. ↩

Neighbouring entries

ε3304Ἔτειονyearlyε3305Ἔτειρενwas wearing outε3306Ἐτειχηροῦντοthey were being enwalledε3307Ἐτήρειwas reservingε3308Ἔτηςtownsman
Revision history2 revisions · last 4 Nov 2012
  1. tweaking — David Whitehead
  2. augmented notes and keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — Ioannis Doukas

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