ἀνέθεσαν What is it?

Greek Learning Greek
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What is the last word at the end of 1.134 in Thucydides
ἀνέθεσαν
I can not figure out what this is or what form it is.

Thank you.

2

hi, have a look at the aor. paradigm of τίθημι here (no. 30):

http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~ancgreek/paradigmsU/paradigmtables4BOM.html

add on the verb prefix ἀνα, and you have a common verb for “dedicate”. your e.g. is in the aor. plural but here’s a nice e.g. in the aor. sg (see start of line 2):

http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/resources/image/large/k63220.jpg

cheers, chad.

3

Very handy tables. :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

4

A good resource for this is the Perseus word study tool, although early on I found it can easily become a crutch. And the site lately can be very very slow.