Ἢ ἐν ὁδῷ καθελών
or overpowering on a road
Translated by David Whitehead4 Feb 2001Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Meaning taking [someone] after he had been carried off.1 That is, attacking [him while he was] in some ambush. Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Aristokrates [sc. uses the phrase].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἢ ἐν ὁδῷ καθελών· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐνεχθέντα ἑλών. τουτέστιν ἔν τινι ἐνέδρᾳ καταβαλών. Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ κατὰ Ἀριστοκράτους.
Betacode
*)\h e)n o(dw=| kaqelw/n: a)nti\ tou= e)nexqe/nta e(lw/n. toute/stin e)/n tini e)ne/dra| katabalw/n. *dhmosqe/nhs e)n tw=| kata\ *)aristokra/tous.