λανθάνειν
αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also λανθάνω): be undetected, be unobserved, escape detection, escape notice of, escape notice
Lexicon Thucydideum
latere, to lie hid, be concealed,
a) absol. absolutely 1.37.4, 1.69.3, 2.4.4, 3.51.2, 3.74.3. 3.112.1. 4.26.8, 4.110.2, 4.135.1, 5.58.2. 5.110.1. 7.29.3. 7.83.5, 8.17.3. 8.46.5. 8.100.2.
b) c. acc. with accusative 1.65.1, 2.76.2, 2.80.4. 3.4.5, 3.22.1, 3.29.1. 3.96.3, 4.8.2. 4.26.7, 4.26.9, 4.32.1, 4.70.2. 4.103.2. 4.110.2. 5.56.1. 7.7.1. 7.15.2, 7.43.3. 8.33.2, 8.80.3, 8.99.1. 8.102.2. 8.103.2.
c) c. particip. with participle 1.141.7, 2.2.3, 3.105.2. 3.106.3. 4.29.4, 4.30.2, 4.36.2. 4.133.2, 5.6.3, 5.49.3. 6.51.1, 7.43.2, 48 8.91.2,
d) c. acc. et part. with accusative and participle 4.42.4, 4.48.1, 6.96.1, [vulgo commonly ταύτας] 6.97.1, 7.56.1, 8.10.1, [vulgo et Goell. commonly and in Goeller's edition λήσωσιν]
