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Headword:
Ἀνεβάλλετο
Adler number: alpha,2209
Translated headword: was striking up, was starting up
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [He/she/it] was making a preamble, was beginning, was starting in, and meaning (?)was excelling.
Arrian [writes]: "he was striking up the ravaging of the rest of the territory, thinking the Athenians would give in."[1]
For preludes [anabolai] are both the strikings-up and the starts [proper].[2] Hence the [use of] 'was starting' [ἤρχετο ] and 'was starting off' [ἀπήρχετο ].
Also [sc. attested is] ἀνεβάλλοντο , [meaning] they were fashioning.
Greek Original:Ἀνεβάλλετο: προοιμιάζετο, ἀνεκρούετο, ἐνήρχετο, καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ ὑπερετίθετο. Ἀρριανός: ἀνεβάλλετο τὴν τῆς ἄλλης χώρας δῄωσιν, οἰόμενος ἐνδώσειν Ἀθηναίους. Ἀναβολὰς γὰρ καὶ τὰς ἀνακρούσεις καὶ τὰς ἀρχάς. ὅθεν καὶ τὸ ἤρχετο καὶ ἀπήρχετο. καὶ Ἀνεβάλλοντο, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐσχηματίζοντο.
Notes:
Same or similar material, variously, in other lexica and
scholia. The headword is presumably extracted from the first quotation given.
[1] Arrian, History of Alexander's Successors fr. 21 Roos-Wirth (FGrH 156 F124).
[2] See already
alpha 1810.
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 20 June 2000@06:19:54.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (added notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 2 August 2002@09:50:07.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; betacode and other cosmetics) on 1 March 2012@08:16:45.
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