Συμπίπτειν

to engage directly, to fight at close quarters

Translated by David Whitehead1 Nov 2012Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 18 words

[Meaning] to come into direct conflict. "And they armed them and ordered [them] to engage directly in battle."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Συμπίπτειν· μάχην συνάπτειν. οἱ δὲ ὥπλιζον αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐκέλευον ἐς μάχην συμπίπτειν.

Betacode

*sumpi/ptein: ma/xhn suna/ptein. oi( de\ w(/plizon au)tou\s kai\ e)ke/leuon e)s ma/xhn sumpi/ptein.

Notes (1)

1Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as an approximation of Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 4.22; see on this Theodoridis in his Photius edition, vol.II p.XCVIII. (In the original the infinitive is cumpi/ptein rather than the Suda's sumpi/ptein (twice over), and the phrase 'in battle' does not appear; it has perhaps crept in from the gloss.) ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 2 Jan 2014

2 Jan 2014Revised — David Whitehead
2 Nov 2012hw typo; expanded note — David Whitehead
2 Nov 2012coding, status — Catharine Roth
1 Nov 2012Translated — David Whitehead