Εἴρυντο

they were protecting

Translated by Catharine Roth23 Jul 2005Vetting: high3 revisions

4 words

[Meaning] they were guarding.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Εἴρυντο· ἐφύλασσον.

Betacode

*ei)/runto: e)fu/lasson.

Epic athematic imperfect, third person plural middle, also occuring as ei)ru/ato: see e)ru/w (B) in LSJ (root *ser-). Similar entry in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon (the headword itself is quoted from Homer, Iliad 12.454); cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.239 (and epsiloniota 214).