δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
διάδηλος, διαλάλητος, διώνυμος, δόκιμος, ἀγακλήεις, ἀγακλειτός, ἀγακλυτός, ἐκβεβοημένος, ἐλλόγιμος