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Headword: *)/entaci/s
Adler number: epsilon,1448
Translated headword: entaxis, insertion
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
['Insertion'] is when someone chooses to insert the light-armed troops[1] into the intervals of the phalanx, man by man.[2] Some also call this parentaxis.[3]
Greek Original:
*)/entaci/s e)stin, e)peida/n tis proairh=tai tou\s yilou\s ei)s ta\ diasth/mata th=s fa/laggos e)nta/ssein, a)/ndra par' a)/ndra. e)/nioi de\ tou=to kai\ pare/ntacin o)noma/zousin.
Notes:
Aelian, Tactica 31.3; Arrian, Tactica 26.6.
[1] See generally psi 105, psi 106.
[2] i.e. alternating man by man with the heavy-armed.
[3] See also pi 545, pi 2861.
Keywords: definition; military affairs; rhetoric
Translated by: David Whitehead on 21 May 2007@05:36:22.
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Catharine Roth (cosmetics, cross-references, status) on 21 May 2007@21:27:41.
David Whitehead (more x-refs) on 22 May 2007@03:22:38.
David Whitehead on 29 August 2012@07:02:29.
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