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Headword: Διαυχενίζεσθαι
Adler number: delta,809
Translated headword: to stick the neck out
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
"He incited the minds and the spirits of the soldiers and challenged them to stick their necks out in pursuit of pridefulness and derring-do in their exercises."[1] Instead of 'to hold the neck high.'
Greek Original:
Διαυχενίζεσθαι: ὁ δὲ τὰ φρονήματα καὶ τοὺς θυμοὺς τῶν στρατιωτῶν ἀνηρέθιζε καὶ διαυχενίζεσθαι πρὸς τὸ ἀγέρωχον ταῖς μελέταις ἐξεκάλει καὶ φιλοκίνδυνον. ἀντὶ τοῦ ὑψοῦ τὸν αὐχένα ἔχειν.
Note:
[1] Eunapius fr.103 FHG (4.55); see already alpha 2428, and cf. generally delta 1025 and delta 1026.
Keywords: definition; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: William Hutton on 21 January 2004@21:09:51.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (supplied note) on 22 January 2004@03:59:46.
Catharine Roth (added cross-reference) on 9 August 2005@09:27:41.
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