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Headword: Ἐμβριθεστάτη
Adler number: epsilon,959
Translated headword: very substantial, most substantial
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Very/most weighty. 'He took the city of Ortobriga, which had the reputation of being very substantial both in respect of its size and in respect of the number of its people'.[1]
Greek Original:
Ἐμβριθεστάτη: στερροτάτη. εἷλε δὲ πόλιν Ὀρτόβριγα, δοκοῦσαν κατὰ τὸ μέγεθος καὶ κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐμβριθεστάτη εἶναι.
Notes:
cf. generally alpha 2096, epsilon 958, epsilon 960, epsilon 961, epsilon 962.
[1] Polybius fr.134; see again (but misquoted) under omicron 641.
Keywords: definition; geography; historiography; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 8 June 2004@06:39:36.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (typo, status) on 8 June 2004@11:18:57.
David Whitehead (another x-ref) on 9 June 2004@03:03:26.
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