ε926Ἐμάλθαξαν
they softened
"In the steep and slippery spot they stuck wooden stakes into the slope, and stabilized them in the middle with others going crosswise, and put hurdles of wood on top; [thus] they softened the part that was too steep…
Ἐμάλθαξαν· ἐν δὲ τῷ πρανεῖ καὶ ὀλισθηρῷ τόπῳ ξύλα σταυροῦντες τῇ καταβάσει, καὶ τὸ μέσον ἄλλοις ἐγκαρσίοις στεριφοποιοῦντες καὶ φορμοὺς ἐπιβαλόντες ὕλης, ἐμάλθαξαν τὸ πάνυ πρανές…