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Headword: Ἐκδέχεσθαι
Adler number: epsilon,388
Translated headword: to accommodate
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
To deflect, to impede.[1] "And wattle-screens were spread out to accommodate the barbarians' arrows."[2]
Greek Original:
Ἐκδέχεσθαι: ἀπείργειν, κωλύειν. γέρρα τε παρατεταμένα ἦν εἰς τὸ ἐκδέχεσθαι τὰ τῶν βαρβάρων τοξεύματα.
Notes:
[1] For this verb in other senses cf. epsilon 386, epsilon 387, epsilon 389.
[2] Quotation unidentifiable. (For γέρρα see gamma 178.)
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 25 April 2007@03:27:10.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (cosmetics, status) on 25 April 2007@10:38:36.
David Whitehead (x-ref) on 26 April 2007@03:03:24.
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