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Headword:
*)/emmisqoi
Adler number: epsilon,988
Translated headword: hired [men], mercenaries
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] those who are due to receive pay.[1] "The Huns became no less mercenaries when they were looting the property of the Romans."[2]
Greek Original:*)/emmisqoi: oi( o)fei/lontes labei=n misqo/n. oi( de\ *ou)=nnoi ou)de/n ti h(=sson e)/mmisqoi e)gi/nonto lhi+zo/menoi ta\ *(rwmai/wn.
Notes:
[1] Nominative plural of this adjective, presumably extracted from the quotation given.
[2] Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as an approximation of
Procopius,
Secret History 11.7.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 23 February 2007@11:11:50.
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