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ἐπιεζοντο (πιεζω)
they were hard pressed
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ἐσηγησαμενων (εἰσηγέομαι)
having introduced, brought in
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ἀπωκνησαν (ἀποκνέω)
they shrank from
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ἐνεμειναν (ἐμμένω)
they persevered in
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τας κλιμακας (ἡ κλῖμαξ)
ladders
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ἐξαληλιμμενον (ἐξαλείφω)
plastered-over
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τευξεσθαι (fut inf of verb you know well)
τυγχανω - going to hit upon
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οὐ πολυ ἀπεχοντες
not being very far away
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καθορωμενου (verb you know well - recognise it?)
- καθοραω
- looking upon, being looked upon
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του παχους (το πάχος)
the breadth/thickness
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εἰκασαντες (εἰκάζω)
having represented
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τῃ οἰκοδομησει
the building, structure
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διειχον (διέχω)
they were kept apart
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διανενεμημενα (διανέμω)
being divided
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ἠν ξυνεχη (συγχέω)
it was all together
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δια δεκα
'through ten' = every ten, at intervals of ten
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ἰσοπλατεις (ης ες)
equal in breadth
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διηκοντες (διηκω)
extending
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το μετωπον
the front/face of a structure
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διῃσαν (δίειμι)
they were going to and fro
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δια ὀλιγου
not a great distance
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στεγανων (στεγανόω)
being covered over
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περιεφρουρουντο (περιφρουρέω)
they were blockaded, guarded
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τηρησαντες (τηρέω)
having watched for
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ἀσεληνον (ος ον)
moonless
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το σκοτεινον (ος ον)
dark
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προιδοντων (προεῖδον)
perceiving
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ἀντιπαταγουντος (ἀντιπαταγέω)
rattling so as to drown out
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κρουομενα (κρούω)
striking
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παρεχοι (παρέχω)
it might betray
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εὐσταλεις (ης ες)
well-equipped
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ὑποδεδεμενοι (verb you ought to know)
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της ἀσφαλειας
security against stumbling
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κατοπιν (adv)
behind, after
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ἀντιλαμβανομενος (ἀντιλαμβάνω)
taking hold of
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ᾐδει (plpf of a well known verb)
οἶδα
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ὑπολελειμμενοι (pf part of verb you should be able to work out)
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παρανισχον (παρανίσχω)
they were raising in answer
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τας διοδους
the passages
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εἰργον (ἐργω)
they shut in, kept in check
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ἀπωσαντες (ἀπωθέω)
having pushed back
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διακομιζομενος (διακομίζω)
coming over
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του χειλους
the lip, rim, edge
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ἐτοξευον (τοξεύω)
they were shooting
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ἠκοντιζον (ἀκοντίζω)
they were throwing javelins
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ἑωρων (weird impf of a verb you know very well)
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ἐπεπηγει (πήγνυμι)
it had formed
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του ἀπηλιωτου
from the east wind
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ἁθροοι (ος ον)
in heaps, crowds
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ὑποτοπησαι (ὑποτοπέω)
to suspect
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ὑποστρεψαντες (ὑποστρέφω)
having turned about
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ἐληφθη (λαμβανω)
he had been taken
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ἐσωθησαν (σωζω)
they were saved
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ὑπερβατον (ος ον)
passable
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το περιτειχισμα
blockading wall
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προαποπεμφθηναι (προαποπέμπω)
to have been sent forth
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ξυμβαινειν (συμβαινω)
to treat with
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