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πλῆθος τὸ ἄ.—c. 2, 2. ἄχρηστον—c. 6, 4. Here οἱ ἄχρηστοι, the general term is distinguished from οἱ πρεσβύτατοι, the particular, and means those whose incapacity was due to other causes than age. ἐγκαταλελειμμένοι—c. 6, 4. Plat. Phaedo, p. 91 C ὥσπερ μἐλιττα τὸ κέντρον ἐγκαταλιπών. σιτοποιοί—pred; so in Lat., Livy, XXI. 30, 8 “advena cultor”; ib. 36 “exercitus tiro”.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 2. E.C. Marchant. London. MacMillan & Company. 1891.
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