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ἐπεξ-άγω [α^],
A.lead out an army against the enemy, Th.2.21.
II. extend, lengthen, “τὴν διήγησιν” Plu.2.855c; esp. discuss at length, D.C.46.8; “περί τινος ἀκριβῶς” Id.55.28.
2. seemingly intr. (sc. τάξιν）, ἐ. ἀπὸ σφῶν extend the line of battle (by taking ground to right or left), Th.5.71; of ships, ἐ. τῷ πλῷ πρὸς τὴν γῆν extend his line by sailing towards land, Id.7.52.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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    • Thucydides, Histories, 2.21
    • Thucydides, Histories, 5.71
    • Thucydides, Histories, 7.52
    • Cassius Dio, Historia Romana, 46.8
    • Cassius Dio, Historia Romana, 55.28
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