δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
[Seite 479] ὁ, poet. st. παραβάτης; Il. 23, 132; Eur. Suppl. 699.
ου (ὁ) :poét. c. παραβάτης.
(βαίνω): one who stands beside the charioteer and fights, ‘chariot-fighter,’ pl., Il. 23.132†.
