Ψευδενέδρα

pretend ambush

Translated by David Whitehead22 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

1 note · 21 words
Xenophon [writes]: "since they were fearful about the return to Trapezous, as [the road] was steep, they set a pretend ambush".1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ψευδενέδρα· Ξενοφῶν· ὡς δὲ ἐφοβοῦντο τὴν εἰς Τραπεζοῦντα κατάβασιν, πρανὴς γὰρ ἦν, ψευδενέδραν ἐποιήσαντο.

Betacode
*yeudene/dra: *cenofw=n: w(s de\ e)fobou=nto th\n ei)s *trapezou=nta kata/basin, pranh\s ga\r h)=n, yeudene/dran e)poih/santo.

Notes (1)

  1. 1Xenophon, Anabasis 5.2.28, loosely quoted (see web address 1). For Trapezous (Trebizond) see tau 909. ↩

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ψ46Ψευδεγγραφήwrongful registrationψ47Ψευδέγγραφος δίκηsuit for wrongful registrationψ48Ψευδενέδραpretend ambushψ49Ψευδῆfalse [things]ψ50Ψευδηγόροςfalsely-uttering
Revision history5 revisions · last 28 Jan 2011
  1. fixed link, added cross-reference, raised status — Catharine Roth
  2. more keywords — David Whitehead
  3. added link, set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Revised — David Whitehead
  5. Revised — David Whitehead
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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