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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
                    "reference": "Bailly 2020 Hugo Chávez Gérard Gréco, André Charbonnet, Mark De Wilde, Bernard Maréchal & contributeurs \/ Licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale - Pas de Modification — « CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 »",
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                    "description": "<b>ος, ον :<br\/>      1<\/b> courbé sur <i>ou<\/i> vers, <i>t. de tact. :<\/i> ἐπ. τάξις, DS. <i>17, 57 (cf<\/i>. POL. <i>6, 31, 2<\/i>) ordre de bataille, dans lequel une des deux ailes ou les deux, formant un angle avec le centre, se déployaient en avant pour attaquer de flanc ou se recourbaient en arrière pour se protéger contre une attaque de flanc ; τὸ ἐπικάμπιον, POL. <i>1, 27, 4 ; 5, 82, 9 ;<\/i> DS. <i>19, 27 et 40,<\/i> courbure d’une aile <i>ou<\/i> des deux ailes d’une armée ;<br\/><b>      2<\/b> courbé en arrière : τὰ ἐπικάμπια τείχους, PHIL. BYZ. partie d’un mur en retrait.<p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. ἐπικάμπτω.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "ον, = ἐπικαμπής, <b>curved<\/b>, τοῖχοι, τείχη, Ph. <i>Bel.<\/i> 80.11, 82.3; ἐ. τάξις an order of battle in which one or both wings <b>formed an angle<\/b> with the centre, being either thrown forwards to attack the enemy in flank (cf. ἐπικαμπή), or backwards so as to meet a flank attack, Plb. 6.31.2, D.S. 17.57; also as a march formation, Ascl.Tact. 11.1. <i>Subst.<\/i> ἐπικάμπιον, τό, = ἐπικαμπή, Arr. <i>Tact.<\/i> 26.7; ἐπικαμπίου τάξις Ael. <i>Tact.<\/i> 31.4; ἐν ἐπικαμπίῳ, opp. ἐν μετώπῳ, Polyaen. 4.3.22, cf. Plb. 5.82.9; also of fleets in naval warfare, Id. 1.27.4.<br\/>of buildings, <b>wing<\/b>, τὸ ἐ. τῆς στοᾶς Plu. 2.594b; τῇ ἐξέδρᾳ τῇ ἐν τῷ ἐ. IG 12(9).234 (Eretria, i BC), cf. 12(8).266 (Thasos), <i>AJA<\/i> 19.333 (Atalante).<br\/>ἐπικάμπια, τά, <b>nodal points<\/b> of the moon΄s orbit, Ptol. <i>Tetr.<\/i> 167, Doroth. in <i>Cat.Cod.Astr.<\/i> 6.91."
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