Λελάχωσι
they would put [someone] in possession of
Translated by Catharine Roth23 Mar 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] they would bury [him].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λελάχωσι· θάψωσι.
Betacode
*lela/xwsi: qa/ywsi.
Notes
- Third person plural, aorist subjunctive, of
lagxa/nw ; cf. Hesychius lambda592, in an entry based on Homer, Iliad 7.80 (web address 1): Hector asks that, if he is killed by Achilles, his body may be returned so that the Trojans may give him the cremation that is his due.
For the verblagxa/nw , see also lambda 167, lambda 171; on the reduplicated epic aorist form with causal sense, see LSJ s.v. A.IV (web address 2).