Ὑποπεπτηχότες

cowering under

Translated by Ioannis Doukas22 Jun 2008Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 17 words
[Meaning they who were] hiding themselves under.1 "Cowering under the breastworks, they kept still for a while."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑποπεπτηχότες· ὑποκρυπτόμενοι. μέχρι μέν τινος ὑποπεπτηχότες τοῖς θωρακίοις ἠρέμουν.

Betacode
*(upopepthxo/tes: u(pokrupto/menoi. me/xri me/n tinos u(popepthxo/tes toi=s qwraki/ois h)re/moun.

Notes (2)

  1. 1The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is perfect active participle of u(popth/ssw, masculine nominative plural. ↩
  2. 2Josephus, Jewish War 5.318 (web address 1); also under theta 437, q.v. ↩

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υ556Ὑποπέμψαιενthey might have sent covertlyυ557Ὑποπεπτηῶταhaving crouched under, being crouched underυ558Ὑποπεπτηχότεςcowering underυ559Ὑπὸ πῆχυν κρατεῖςyou hold under your fore-arm.υ560ὙποπιέζωI squash
Revision history5 revisions · last 16 Dec 2022
  1. typo, tweaked link — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
  5. augmented note, cosmetics, keyword, status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — Ioannis Doukas

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