Ὑπερφαλαγγίωσις
double-outflanking
Translated by David Whitehead13 Aug 2010Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Double-outflanking is when we extend beyond the enemy from both parts of the phalanx.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὑπερφαλαγγίωσις· ὑπερφαλαγγίωσίς ἐστιν, ὅταν ἐξ ἑκατέρων τῶν μερῶν τῆς φάλαγγος ὑπερέχωμεν τῶν πολεμίων.
Betacode
*(uperfalaggi/wsis: u(perfalaggi/wsi/s e)stin, o(/tan e)c e(kate/rwn tw=n merw=n th=s fa/laggos u(pere/xwmen tw=n polemi/wn.
Notes
- The particular form of this noun occurs only here; more usually it is
u(perfala/gghsis (and the C19 military historians Koechly & Ruestow suggested emending to that here). In the Tactica section appended to the Suda, it is spelledu(perfala/ggisis .
For an instance of the cognate verb, see Xenophon, Cyropaedia 6.3.20.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 30 May 2016
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
- expanded note, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead