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Headword: Συσκευάζεσθαι
Adler number: sigma,1679
Translated headword: to pack [for oneself]
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
To carry.[1] Xenophon [writes]: "Cyrus told the troops to pack food for twenty days; and as to wine, each man should [pack] just enough to last until they accustomed themselves to drink water."[2]
Greek Original:
Συσκευάζεσθαι: ἐπιφέρεσθαι. Ξενοφῶν: ὁ Κῦρος ἔφη τοῖς στρατιώταις συσκευάζεσθαι σῖτα ἡμερῶν εἴκοσιν, οἶνον δὲ τοσοῦτον ἕκαστον χρή, ὅσος ἱκανός ἐστιν ἐθίσαι ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς ὑδροποτεῖν.
Notes:
[1] The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is present middle infinitive of συσκευάζω ; cf. sigma 1512.
[2] A paraphrase of Xenophon, Cyropaedia 6.2.25-6 (web address 1).
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; food; historiography; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 6 November 2001@06:27:20.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (added link, set status) on 23 January 2005@16:17:30.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords) on 24 January 2005@03:02:35.
David Whitehead (tweaked n.1) on 23 August 2011@06:51:32.
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