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Headword:
Βύζην
Adler number: beta,589
Translated headword: tightly
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Crowdedly, frequently, continually, concentratedly.[1]
Arrian [writes]: "[they] stationing the triremes tightly along the mouth of the harbor where it was narrowest."[2]
"He filled the wells tightly with trash and with material that was lying around."[3]
Greek Original:Βύζην: ἀθρόως, πυκνῶς, ἐπαλλήλως, πεπυκνωμένως. Ἀρριανός: κατὰ τὸ στόμα τοῦ λιμένος, ᾗ στενότατον ἦν, βύζην τὰς τριήρεις ὁρμίζοντες. ὁ δὲ τὰ φρέατα φορυτοῦ καὶ τῇ ἐπιτυχούσῃ ὕλῃ βύζην ἐνέπλησεν.
Notes:
[1] Cf. the
scholia to
Thucydides 4.8.7, where the headword occurs.
[2] An approximation of Arrian,
Anabasis 1.19.3 (on Nikanor and his fleet at Miletos, 334 BCE).
[3] Arrian,
Parthica fr.21 Roos-Wirth.
Translated by: William Hutton on 22 April 2002@17:05:04.
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