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History of the Wars, Books V and VI

Note 105 — XXI

H. B. (Henry Bronson) Dewing translation

A popular etymology of ἁλλιστρα, a corrupted form of βἁλλιςτα; the point is in the Greek words βἁλλω + μἁλιστα, an etymology correct only as far as βἁλλω is concerned.

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