Ὑπερῆραν

they passed by

Translated by Ioannis Doukas7 Feb 2010Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 16 words

Translation

[Meaning] they went beyond. Polybius [writes]: "after doubling [Cape] Pachynus,1 they passed by into [Cape] Ecnomus."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑπερῆραν· ὑπερέβησαν. Πολύβιος· κάμψαντες δὲ τὸν Πάχυνον ὑπερῆραν εἰς Ἔκνομον.

Betacode
*(uperh=ran: u(pere/bhsan. *polu/bios: ka/myantes de\ to\n *pa/xunon u(perh=ran ei)s *)/eknomon. 

Notes (2)

  1. The headword (presumably extracted from the quotation given) is aorist indicative, third person plural, of u(perai/rw; cf. upsilon 256, upsilon 257.
  2. 1On Cape Pachynus, see also under alpha 2612 and epsilon 3524. ↩
  3. 2Polybius 1.25.8 (web address 1), on the Romans in southern Sicily in 256 BCE. ↩

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Revision history5 revisions · last 22 Nov 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. added cross-references, set status — Catharine Roth
  5. cosmetics, keyword, note — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — Ioannis Doukas

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