Συναγομένων
being pressed
Translated by David Whitehead5 Nov 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] being confined.1 "With the Carthaginians being pressed by hunger because of the mass of men shut up together in the city".2 That is locked up together.
Also [sc. attested is]sunh/gonto ["they were being pressed"]: "for they were being so pressed by famine and lack of necessities that they often discussed raising the siege".3 That is, they were locked up together.
Also [sc. attested is]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Συναγομένων· στενοχωρουμένων. συναγομένων δὲ λιμῷ τῶν Καρχηδονίων διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν συγκεκλεισμένων ἀνδρῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει. τουτέστι συγκλειομένων. καὶ Συνήγοντο· ἐς γὰρ τοῦτο συνήγοντο σιτοδείᾳ καὶ σπάνει τῶν ἀναγκαίων, ὥστε βουλεύεσθαι περὶ τοῦ λύειν τὴν πολιορκίαν. τουτέστι συνεκλείοντο.
Betacode
*sunagome/nwn: stenoxwroume/nwn. sunagome/nwn de\ limw=| tw=n *karxhdoni/wn dia\ to\ plh=qos tw=n sugkekleisme/nwn a)ndrw=n e)n th=| po/lei. toute/sti sugkleiome/nwn. kai\ *sunh/gonto: e)s ga\r tou=to sunh/gonto sitodei/a| kai\ spa/nei tw=n a)nagkai/wn, w(/ste bouleu/esqai peri\ tou= lu/ein th\n poliorki/an. toute/sti suneklei/onto.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 6 May 2022
- supplemented translation — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead