ἔκλῃον τὸν λιμένα εὐθὺς τὸν μέγαν… τριήρεσι πλαγίαις
From LSJ
συνερκτικός γάρ ἐστι καὶ περαντικός, καὶ γνωμοτυπικὸς καὶ σαφὴς καὶ κρουστικός, καταληπτικός τ' ἄριστα τοῦ θορυβητικοῦ → he's intimidative, penetrative, aphoristically originative, clear and aggressive, and superlatively terminative of the obstreperative
English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)
they at once closed the great harbour with triremes set end to end
