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Headword:
*patassou/sh|
Adler number: pi,778
Translated headword: pounding
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] agitated under the influence of cowardice.
Dexippus [writes]: "the leader experienced shock at everything as it was announced; for under the influence of his inborn cowardice and lack of experience in warfare, with ears unfurled, with eyes turbulent, with heart pounding, always expecting to hear something, it was clear to those under his command that he would resort to flight."[1]
*patassou/sh|: u(po\ deili/as klonoume/nh|. *de/cippos: h)=n de\ tou= kaqhgoume/nou pro\s pa=n to\ a)paggello/menon e)/kplhcis: u(po\ ga\r e)mfu/tou deili/as kai\ a)peiri/as tw=n polemikw=n a)napeptame/nois me\n toi=s w)si/, teqorubhme/nois de\ toi=s o)fqalmoi=s, patassou/sh| de\ th=| kardi/a|, a)ei/ ti a)kou/sesqai e)lpi/zwn, toi=s a)rxome/nois kata/dhlos h)=n w(s fugh=| xrh/setai.
Notes:
The headword -- present participle, feminine dative singular, of
pata/ssw (cf.
pi 777,
pi 779) -- is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
[1]
Dexippus FGrH 100 F39 (unplaced).
Translated by: William Hutton on 1 September 2011@02:01:54.
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