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Κατέκανεν

despatched

Translated by David Whitehead17 Jul 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 53 words
[Meaning he/she/it] killed, murdered.
Xenophon [writes]: "on one occasion a she-bear charged Cyrus but he was not afraid; rather, he got to grips with [the creature] and was pulled from his horse, and despatched it in the end -- and of some of the wounds he suffered then he still had the scars".1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κατέκανεν· ἀνεῖλεν, ἐφόνευσε. Ξενοφῶν· ὁ δὲ Κῦρος ἄρκτον ποτὲ ἐπιφερομένην οὐκ ἔτρεσεν, ἀλλὰ συμπεσὼν κατεσπάσθη ἀπὸ τοῦ ἵππου, καὶ τὰ μὲν ἔπαθεν, ὧν καὶ τὰς ὠτειλὰς ἔτι εἶχε, τέλος δὲ κατέκανε.

Betacode
*kate/kanen: a)nei=len, e)fo/neuse. *cenofw=n: o( de\ *ku=ros a)/rkton pote\ e)piferome/nhn ou)k e)/tresen, a)lla\ sumpesw\n katespa/sqh a)po\ tou= i(/ppou, kai\ ta\ me\n e)/paqen, w(=n kai\ ta\s w)teila\s e)/ti ei)=xe, te/los de\ kate/kane.

Notes (1)

  1. The headword verb is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
  2. 1Xenophon, Anabasis 1.9.6 (web address 1). ↩

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κ931Κατέθορεleaped downκ932Κατεκάλειwas calling upon, was summoningκ933Κατέκανενdespatchedκ934Κατ' ἐκεῖνοat thatκ935Κατεκήλησανthey enchanted, cast a spell over
Revision history4 revisions · last 24 Jun 2019
  1. tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. cosmetics; added link — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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