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Headword:
Alêptos
Adler number: alpha,1197
Translated headword: evasive, hard to catch
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] uncontrollable.
"To state the reason why he was hard for his enemies to catch".[1]
Aristophanes [sc. uses the word].[2]
Greek Original:Alêptos: akratêtos. eipein tên aitian, aph' hês alêptos esti tois echthrois. Aristophanês.
Notes:
See also
alpha 1198.
[1]
Josephus,
Jewish Antiquities 5.8.11 (307).
[2] Adler makes no comment. This word is not, in fact, securely attested in
Aristophanes the comic poet (or any homonym); nevertheless Kassel-Austin admit it as fr. 943, in the 'dubious' category.
Keywords: biography; comedy; definition; historiography; history
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 6 May 2000@16:11:38.
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