δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
subs.
P. and V. φόνος, ὁ, σφαγή, ἡ, Ar. and V. φοναί, αἱ, V. αἵματα, τά.