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Headword: Αἴθειν
Adler number: alphaiota,119
Translated headword: to set ablaze
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
To burn.[1]
"As soon as he invaded the enemy territory, he started giving the order to set the land ablaze and destroy it."[2]
Greek Original:
Αἴθειν: καίειν. ὡς δὲ ἐνέβαλεν εἰς τὴν πολεμίαν, παρεκελεύετο αἴθειν καὶ φθείρειν τὴν χώραν.
Notes:
[1] Same equivalence in Hesychius, where Latte regards the headword as extracted from Euripides (Rhesus 78).
[2] An approximation of Xenophon, Anabasis 4.7.20.
Keywords: biography; definition; geography; historiography; history; military affairs; tragedy
Translated by: William Hutton on 30 October 2002@21:23:34.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note and keyword) on 31 October 2002@03:53:10.
David Whitehead (another note; more keywords; tweaking) on 14 May 2012@05:49:25.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 19 May 2012@02:36:48.
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