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Headword:
*)apara/ceien
Adler number: alpha,2918
Translated headword: might cut off
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning he/she/it] might tear off, might separate off.
"So that if he might cut these men off from the ridge and gain control of the heights he would quickly overpower those in the plain."[1]
Greek Original:*)apara/ceien: a)pospa/seien, a)poxwri/seien. w(s ei) tou/tous a)para/ceie tou= lo/fou kai\ ge/noito tw=n a)/krwn e)gkrath\s qa=tton katergaso/menos tou\s e)n tw=| pedi/w|.
Notes:
No equivalent entry in other lexica.
The headword as transmitted is presumably extracted from the quotation given, though Adler notes Valckenaer's suggestion that it might be a version of
a)ph/racan [pl.] in
Herodotus 8.90.2.
[1] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the
Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable.
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 23 November 2000@09:35:04.
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