Τραχέως
harshly
Translated by David Whitehead20 May 2011Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] courageously.
"But they were resisting them harshly [and] with the phalanx solid and bristling."1
"But they were resisting them harshly [and] with the phalanx solid and bristling."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τραχέως· ἀνδρείως. οἱ δὲ τραχέως αὐτοὺς ὑπεδέχοντο πυκνῇ καὶ πεφρικυίᾳ τῇ φάλαγγι.
Betacode
*traxe/ws: a)ndrei/ws. oi( de\ traxe/ws au)tou\s u(pede/xonto puknh=| kai\ pefrikui/a| th=| fa/laggi.
Notes (1)
- The headword adverb is presumably extracted from the quotation given. For the adjective
traxu/s , cf. tau 919, tau 820. - 1This quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) is left unidentified by Adler, but it is highly likely to come from Arrian; cf. Anabasis 3.14.3,
h(/ te fa/lagc h( *makedonikh\ puknh\ kai\ tai=s sari/ssais pefrikui=a . ↩
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