[Meaning him] having crossed the isthmus [sc. of Corinth]. "He called upon him to assist, once he had di-isthmusized his boats".[1]
Diisthmêsanta: ton isthmon diabibasanta. parekalei auton boêthein, tous lembous diisthmêsanta.
The headword -- aorist active participle, masculine accusative singular, of
diisqmi/zw (sic) -- is extracted from the quotation given.
[1]
Polybius 4.19.7, on Taurion (Macedonian governor of the Peloponnese) and the dynast Demetrios (
Demetrius, cf. OCD(4) s.v.
Demetrius(7)) of Pharos (Pharus, Barrington Atlas map 20 grid D6) in 220 BCE. The verb is unique to this passage (and attracted some lexicographical attention); cf., nevertheless,
delta 1048 (and with a different preverb,
upsilon 299).
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