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Headword:
Apokinein
Adler number: alpha,3353
Translated headword: to move off
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] to depart and to run away. Ships which are being launched and are lying at anchor are also said "to move off" with the oars.[1]
Greek Original:Apokinein: to aperchesthai kai apotrechein. legetai kai epi ploiôn katagomenôn kai hormizomenôn apokinein tais kôpais.
Notes:
Likewise in other lexica.
[1] A plausible idiom, though nowhere actually attested.
Keywords: daily life; definition; military affairs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 6 February 2001@05:54:06.
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