δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
v. trans.
P. κονιᾶν (Dem. 36).
Met., gloss over: Ar. and P. ὑποκορίζεσθαι (acc.); see gloss over.