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Headword:
Halitenês
Adler number: alpha,1253
Translated headword: shallow
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Appian [writes]: "the Carthaginians sallied forth against the engines of the Romans not by land, for there was no passage, nor in ships, for the sea was shallow, but naked: some soaked up to their chests, while others swam across".[1]
Greek Original:Halitenês: Appianos: hoi de Karchêdonioi exedramon epi ta tôn Rhômaiôn mêchanêmata ou kata gên, ou gar ên diodos, oude nausin, halitenês gar ên hê thalassa, alla gumnoi, hoi men achri tôn mazôn brechomenoi, hoi de dieneon.
Notes:
This is sense III in LSJ s.v.
[1] Appian, Libyca 588-9 (abridged); for "chests" it has mastw=n, not mazw=n.
Keywords: geography; historiography; history; military affairs; science and technology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 19 May 2000@23:02:34.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified translation; added note and keywords; cosmetics) on 29 January 2001@10:48:58.
David Whitehead (modified and expanded note; added keyword; cosmetics) on 18 June 2002@04:54:47.
David Whitehead (another note; more keywords; cosmetics) on 6 February 2012@08:52:03.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 28 March 2012@20:17:37.
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