Φραχθέντες

fenced

Translated by David Whitehead8 Nov 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

4 words

[Meaning they] being protected.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φραχθέντες· ἀσφαλισάμενοι.

Betacode

*fraxqe/ntes: a)sfalisa/menoi.

Notes

Likewise or similarly in other lexica. The headword (aorist passive participle, masculine nominative plural, of fra/ssw) is extracted from Homer, Iliad 17.268 (web address 1).
cf. generally phi 683.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

φ683Φράγματαfences, defences[Meaning] protective elements. In the Epigrams: "he nailed to the lofty pine the eight-pointed defences of its forehead." He is speaking about the hind's horns.

Neighbouring entries

φ693Φρατέρεςphrateres, phratry-members φ694Φράτορεςphratry-members φ695Φραχθέντεςfenced φ696ΦρεάντληςPhreantles φ697Φρέαρ διαφθορᾶςwell of destruction

Revision history4 revisions · last 18 Dec 2013

18 Dec 2013Revised — David Whitehead
9 Aug 2011Revised — David Whitehead
11 Nov 2010expanded notes — David Whitehead
11 Nov 2010expanded note, added link, set status — Catharine Roth
8 Nov 2010Translated — David Whitehead