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Headword:
Ναυμαχῶ
Adler number: nu,65
Translated headword: I fight a sea-battle
Vetting Status: low
Translation: With dative. "You will fight a sea-battle against both the Corcyreans and the Pelopidai simultaneously".[1] "First he fought and won a sea-battle against the royal/imperial fleet".[2]
Greek Original:Ναυμαχῶ: δοτικῇ. Κερκυραίοις τε καὶ Πελοπίδαις ἅμα ναυμαχήσετε. αἰτιατικῇ δέ: πρῶτον μὲν τὸν βασιλικὸν κατεναυμάχησε στόλον.
Notes:
cf. generally
nu 63.
[1]
Thucydides 1.36.3 (web address 1), here with the ludicrous 'Pelopidai' for
Thucydides' 'Peloponnesians'.
[2] Adler suggested
Cassius Dio or
Diodorus as the source of this quotation. If it is the latter, perhaps an approximation of 11.57.2, on
Themistocles:
κατεναυμάχησε τὸν στόλον τῶν Περσῶν . In any event, illustrative of accusative, not dative -- and the compound version of the verb, meaning not merely fight but win.
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 17 December 2003@09:12:11.
Vetted by:William Hutton (modified translation, added link, set status) on 17 December 2003@10:44:30.
David Whitehead (x-ref) on 18 December 2003@02:56:10.
David Whitehead (expanded n.2; more keywords) on 16 February 2011@08:37:00.
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