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Headword:
Ἐπιφυόμενος
Adler number: epsilon,2759
Translated headword: applying himself to, attaching himself to
Vetting Status: low
Translation: With the dative.[1] Clinging to. "Attaching himself to [others of] them with his hands he begged them [...] to help in his time of distress."[2]
And again: "when night had come they applied themselves to the two."[3] Meaning they started, they attempted.
Greek Original:Ἐπιφυόμενος: δοτικῇ. περιπλεκόμενος. τοῖς δὲ ταῖς χερσὶν ἐπιφυόμενος ἐδεῖτο βοηθῆσαι τοῖς ἀκληρήμασι. καὶ αὖθις: νυκτὸς γενομένης ἐπεφύοντο τοῖς δυσίν. ἀντὶ τοῦ κατήρχοντο, ἐπεχείρουν.
Notes:
[1] Adler cites
Syntacticum Laurentianum and
Syntacticum Gudianum.
[2] A paraphrase of
Diodorus Siculus 36.15.2, via the
Excerpta de legationibus of Constantine Porphyrogenitus 408.30-31. The subject is Saturninus (cf. under
epsilon 1055).
[3] Quotation (and context) unidentified, but Bruhn (
RhM 45 (1886): 274) suggests a connection with the passage quoted in
epsilon 2709, ascribed to
Aelian (fr.262 Hercher, 260 Domingo-Forasté).
Translated by: William Hutton on 13 February 2008@09:38:32.
Vetted by: David Whitehead (x-ref; another keyword; cosmetics) on 13 February 2008@09:46:35.
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