Ὑπεσταλκότες

sheltered

Translated by David Whitehead26 Apr 2011Vetting: high7 revisions

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"Others, sheltered behind these, were applying fire to the gates."¹ Meaning slipping under, insinuating.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑπεσταλκότες· ἄλλοι δὲ τούτοις ὑπεσταλκότες πῦρ προσέφερον ταῖς πύλαις. ἀντὶ τοῦ ὑποδύντες, ὑπεισελθόντες.

Betacode

*(upestalko/tes: a)/lloi de\ tou/tois u(pestalko/tes pu=r prose/feron tai=s pu/lais. a)nti\ tou= u(podu/ntes, u(peiselqo/ntes.

The headword (perfect active participle, masculine nominative plural, of u(poste/llw) is presumably extracted from the quotation given. For this verb, see also upsilon 396, upsilon 589, upsilon 590.
1Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. Whether 'these' are men or things cannot be determined. ↩

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