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Headword:
Anustikôtera
Adler number: alpha,2797
Translated headword: more effective
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Meaning very productive.
Polybius [writes]: "a single soul [can be] more effective in some instances than a whole multitude of hands".[1] [Meaning] that
Archimedes in Syracuse [was] alone [and facing] many Romans.
Greek Original:Anustikôtera: anti tou energêtikôtatê. Polubios: mia psuchê tês hapasês polucheirias en eniois kairois anustikôtera. hôs Archimêdês en Surakousais monos pollôn Rhômaiôn.
Notes:
Same entry in ps.-
Zonaras. The headword is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
[1]
Polybius 8.3.3, on the celebrated Roman siege of Syracuse (
Sicily) in 213-211 BCE. Walbank (below) ad loc. calls this "a favourite theme" in
Polybius; cf. Livy 24.34.1.
Reference:
F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius, ii (Oxford 1967 and reprints)
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Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 11 November 2000@10:06:30.
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