[176] ὄρμενον aor. part. ( Hom. Il. 2.571 “δοῦρα ... ὄρμενα πρόσσω”), “sped,” “hurried,” since the life is quickly gone. κρεῖσσον ... πυρὸς, because the πυρφόρος λοιμός drives all before it.
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