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Apeithein
Adler number: alpha,3116
Translated headword: to disobey
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Used] with a dative.[1] [Meaning] to distrust.[2]
Also [sc. attested is the related adjective]
a)peiqh/s ["unaccommodating"], [applied] not only to the disobedient man, but also to a place.
Aelian [writes]: "for the Romans, wherever they found the enemy, there indeed they fought, no matter whether the places were unaccommodating and rough or were well suited to receive hoplites and easy to drive over."[3]
Greek Original:Apeithein: dotikêi. apistein. kai Apeithês ou monon epi tou duspeithous anthrôpou, alla kai epi topou. Ailianos: hoi gar Rhômaioi, entha an tois echthrois enetuchon, entautha dêpou kai êgônizonto, eite eien apeitheis hoi topoi kai tracheis, eite kai euphueis dexasthai hoplitas kai euêlatoi.
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Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; history; military affairs
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 14 June 2000@00:16:33.
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