δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
[Seite 400] Knochen essend, Sp.
ὀστοφάγος: -ον, ὁ τρώγων ὀστᾶ, Βυζ.
