δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
v. trans.
P. and V. πείθεσθαι (dat.), πιστεύειν (dat.). Relying on: use adj., P. and V. πίσυνος (dat.) (Thuc.), V. πιστός (dat.).