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Headword:
Antiperispasma
Adler number: alpha,2711
Translated headword: diversion
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning an] impediment.
"They sent away a general, wanting to create a diversion for the Celts who were with Hannibal".[1]
Greek Original:Antiperispasma: empodion. exapesteilan stratêgon, boulomenoi antiperispasma poiein tois Keltois tois meta Annibou.
Notes:
The headword, a neuter noun, is presumably extracted from the quotation given (its only independent occurrence).
[1]
Polybius 3.106.6.
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 8 November 2000@16:38:26.
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