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Headword: *)afi/stwn
Adler number: alpha,4624
Translated headword: they were keeping away
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] they were turning away, they were preventing. "The Romans were keeping the barbarians away from the siege."[1]
Greek Original:
*)afi/stwn: a)pe/trepon, a)pekw/luon. tou\s de\ barba/rous th=s poliorki/as a)fi/stwn oi( *(rwmai=oi.
Notes:
The headword verb is presumably extracted from the quotation given. It seems to be a late variant of the third person plural imperfect active of a)fi/sthmi, attested with either paroxytone or perispomenon accentuation.
[1] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 2.17.10.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 4 June 2001@22:50:40.
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