An adverb,[1] meaning in one way only.
Xenophon [writes]: "[the Persian captive said that Tiribazus was positioning himself] at the crossing of the mountain [...], where the route went by the only way, intending to attack the Greeks ".[2]
*monaxh=|: e)pi/rrhma, a)nti\ tou= monaxw=s. *cenofw=n: w(s e)pi\ th=| u(perbolh=| tou= o)/rous, h(=|per monaxh=| ei)/h porei/a, e)piqhso/menoi toi=s *(/ellhsi.
[1] More exactly, the feminine dative singular of an adjective, used adverbially, glossed with an adverb of the same stem formed with
-ws. Besides the instance now given, see also e.g.
Plato,
Laws 720E.
[2] An approximation (and abridgement) of
Xenophon,
Anabasis 4.4.18; most importantly,
e)piqhso/menoi ('intending to attack', nominative plural) should be
e)piqhso/menon (accusative singular, agreeing with Tiribazus).
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