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Headword:
Ἐμβατεύων
Adler number: epsilon,939
Translated headword: marching in, marching on
Vetting Status: low
Translation: [He] stepping in/on.[1]
Also [sc. attested is the plural aorist participle] ἐμβατεύσαντες ["they having marched in"], [meaning] they having gone in. "The Huns, having marched into the small island which lies in front of the city, [since] the surplus of fodder had been conveyed there for protection because of the war, [...]".[2]
Greek Original:Ἐμβατεύων: ἐπιβαίνων. καὶ Ἐμβατεύσαντες, εἰσελθόντες. οἱ δὲ Οὖννοι ἐς τὴν προκειμένην νησίδα τῆς πόλεως ἐμβατεύσαντες, τῶν βοσκημάτων περιττῶν διὰ τὸν πόλεμον φρουρᾶς ἕνεκα ἐς αὐτὴν διακομισθέντων.
Notes:
[1] Present participle, masculine nominative singular; similarly glossed in other lexica; evidently quoted from somewhere.
[2] Quotation unidentifiable.
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Translated by: Catharine Roth on 19 February 2007@01:09:25.
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