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Headword:
Μαστός
Adler number: mu,269
Translated headword: breast; hill
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Promontory/headland, protuberance of a mountain.
"For there was a 'breast' to the right of the fort; [he] supposing that, if it were occupied, it would turn out useful in many ways later ..."[1]
"There was a 'breast' above them, next to which the narrow road was."[2]
Greek Original:Μαστός: ἀκρώρεια, ἐξοχὴ ὄρους. ἦν γὰρ ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ φρουρίου μαστός: τοῦτον, εἰ καταληφθείη, πρὸς πολλὰ οἰόμενος ἐν ὑστέρῳ χρήσιμον ἔσεσθαι. μαστὸς ἦν ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν, παρ' ὃν ἦν ἡ στενὴ ὁδός.
Notes:
[1] Quotation (and individual) unidentifiable.
[2]
Xenophon,
Anabasis 4.2.6.
Keywords: biography; definition; geography; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: Nick Nicholas on 21 April 2009@02:17:16.
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