φορμηδόν

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οἵτινες πόλιν μίαν λαβόντες εὐρυπρωκτότεροι πολύ τῆς πόλεος ἀπεχώρησαν ἧς εἷλον τότεafter taking a single city they returned home, with arses much wider than the city they captured

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Full diacritics: φορμηδόν Medium diacritics: φορμηδόν Low diacritics: φορμηδόν Capitals: ΦΟΡΜΗΔΟΝ
Transliteration A: phormēdón Transliteration B: phormēdon Transliteration C: formidon Beta Code: formhdo/n

English (LSJ)

Adv., (φορμός)

   A like mat-work or wattling, cross-wise, ξύλα . . φ. ἀντὶ τοίχων τιθέντες setting up planks arranged cross-wise, Th.2.75; φ. ἐπὶ ἁμάξας ἐπιβαλόντες (sc. τοὺς νεκρούς) Id.4.48, cf. Ph.2.530, Aristid.2.312J.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1300] adv., 1) nach Art einer geflochtenen Decke, d. i. übers Kreuz, in die Quere, kreuzweis, Thuc. 2, 75; übh. kreuz u. quer, unter u. über einander, 4, 48. – 2) bündelweise.