ᾟ ποδῶν εἶχεν ἕκαστος ἔθεον

each man ran off as fast as his feet could carry him

Translated by David Whitehead28 Jul 2006Vetting: high5 revisions

6 words

Meaning as fast as they could.

Greek original · Adler’s text

ᾟ ποδῶν εἶχεν ἕκαστος ἔθεον· ἀντὶ τοῦ ὡς εἶχον δυνάμεως.

Betacode

*(=h| podw=n ei)=xen e(/kastos e)/qeon: a)nti\ tou= w(s ei)=xon duna/mews.

The full headword phrase, evidently quoted from somewhere, is unidentifiable, though Kuster noted the same idiom in Aelian (Varia Historia 1.11, 14.22); and see generally LSJ s.v. pou/s, I.6.d. Note the construction according to sense, with the verb shifting from singular to plural.