Ἥλωσαν

they were caught

Translated by Catharine Roth24 Jul 2006Vetting: high3 revisions

7 words

[Meaning] they were defeated, they were taken.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἥλωσαν· ἐνικήθησαν, ἐλήφθησαν.

Betacode

*(/hlwsan: e)nikh/qhsan, e)lh/fqhsan.

Same entry in other lexica. The headword is aorist (passive) of a(li/skomai, third person plural (cf. eta 248, eta 258). It must be quoted from somewhere: the suggestions noted by Theodoridis on Photius s.v. are Herodotus 7.175.2 and Xenophon, Anabasis 4.4.21.