Συνεβάλλοντο
they were giving contributions
Translated by Philip Rance10 Feb 2012Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] they were providing. "Consequently the Hellespontine cities were also giving him contributions for the maintenance of the troops".1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Συνεβάλλοντο· παρεῖχον. ὥστε καὶ συνεβάλλοντο αὐτῷ εἰς τὴν τροφὴν τῶν στρατιωτῶν αἱ Ἑλλησποντιακαὶ πόλεις.
Betacode
*suneba/llonto: parei=xon. w(/ste kai\ suneba/llonto au)tw=| ei)s th\n trofh\n tw=n stratiwtw=n ai( *(ellhspontiakai\ po/leis.
Notes (1)
- The headword -- presumably extracted from the quotation given (though also attested in e.g. Herodotus 7.142.2 and Herodian 1.14.6) -- is imperfect indicative middle, third person plural, of the verb
sumba/llw . See generally LSJ s.v., and cf. sigma 1354, sigma 1355, sigma 1356. - 1Xenophon, Anabasis 1.1.9, describing how Clearchus, based in the Chersonese, secretly raised a mercenary army for Cyrus in c.402-401. The original text has
xrh/mata beforesuneba/llonto au)tw|= : "they gave him contributions of money". ↩
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- Translated — Philip Rance