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Headword: Ἐσπάρασσεν
Adler number: epsilon,3179
Translated headword: was provoking, was tearing up
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
[He/she/it] was annoying.[1] Josephus [writes]: "[John of Gichala] was provoking [people already] already stirred-up for the coming war."[2]
Greek Original:
Ἐσπάρασσεν: ἠρέθιζεν. Ἰώσηπος: μετεώρους ὄντας ἐπὶ τῷ μέλλοντι πολέμῳ ἐσπάρασσεν.
Notes:
[1] Third person singular, imperfect active, of σπαράσσω / σπαράττω : cf. sigma 904.
[2] Josephus, Jewish War 2.589 (web address 1), quoted again at mu 772.
Associated internet address:
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Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 22 January 2008@11:24:55.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 23 January 2008@03:32:33.
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