δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
ἐδάην: -ης, -η, ἀόρ. β΄ τοῦ *δάω, Ὁμ.
v. *δάω.
see ΔΑ.
