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Headword:
Ἔθει
Adler number: epsilon,317
Translated headword: she was running along
Vetting Status: low
Translation: She was running, she was sailing. "The wind was filling the sails, and the ship was running along."[1]
Greek Original:Ἔθει: ἔτρεχεν, ἔπλεεν. ὁ δὲ ἄνεμος τὰ ἱστία ἐπλήρου, ἡ δὲ ναῦς ἔθει καλῶς.
Notes:
For the headword verb used of ships see
Homer,
Iliad 1.483 and
Xenophon,
Hellenica 6.2.29.
[1] From
Aelian fr.84 Hercher.
Keywords: daily life; definition
Translated by: Ross Scaife on 8 February 2004@13:40:50.
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