Ἰλυσπῶντες

crawling (?)

Translated by Catharine Roth14 Apr 2006Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 16 words

[Meaning they] curling up.¹
"An ox falling into a swamp and crawling until it died ..."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἰλυσπῶντες· συνειλούμενοι. εἰς τέλμα βοῦν ἐμπεσόντα καὶ ἰλυσπώμενον ἕως τεθνάναι.

Betacode

*)iluspw=ntes: suneilou/menoi. ei)s te/lma bou=n e)mpeso/nta kai\ i)luspw/menon e(/ws teqna/nai.