εἰς ὀλίγον ἀφικνεῖσθαι

From LSJ

ἐπέμψατε ἀγγέλους τοῖς ἀλλήλοις ὥστε ἔγνωτε τὸν κίνδυνον → you sent messengers to one another so that you knew the danger

Source

Greek > English (Woodhouse)

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