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Headword: Δάσασθαι
Adler number: delta,76
Translated headword: to divide
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
To distribute.[1]
Herodotus [says]: "Xerxes divided all the infantry into three portions."[2]
Greek Original:
Δάσασθαι: διαμερίσασθαι. Ἡρόδοτος: ἐς τρεῖς μοίρας ὁ Ξέρξης δασάμενος πάντα τὸν πεζὸν στρατόν.
Notes:
[1] Aorist middle infinitive(s). Cf. the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 3.66
[2] Herodotus 7.121.2 (δασάμενος ). See generally LSJ s.v. δατέομαι II (which cites Hdt. 7.121.2 for this active sense of the verb). In the Suda, see delta 84, epsilon 194.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: Alex Florez on 14 May 2002@12:52:08.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note and keywords; cosmetics) on 15 May 2002@05:59:41.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords) on 7 June 2005@06:28:23.
Catharine Roth (added cross-references) on 7 June 2005@13:35:59.
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