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Headword: *(ufei/s
Adler number: upsilon,719
Translated headword: putting under, yielding, withdrawing
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning one who is] giving in, slackening. "But he, withdrawing from his purpose, sent begging not to have war made on him."[1]
Greek Original:
*(ufei/s: e)ndou/s, u(poxala/sas. o( de\ u(fei\s tou= fronh/matos e)/pemyen i(keteu/wn mh\ polemhqh=nai.
Notes:
The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is the aorist active participle, masculine nominative singular, of u(fi/hmi. See also upsilon 720, upsilon 708.
[1] Cassius Dio 68.17.2.
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 2 May 2011@00:36:19.
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David Whitehead (tweaks and cosmetics) on 2 May 2011@03:14:09.
David Whitehead on 1 December 2013@08:45:40.
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