may signify a sack or a loose garment; and this method of entangling and catching an enemy, laciniis contortis , was much practised by the Huns (Ammian. xxxi. 2).
The expression may be understood almost literally: Olympiodorus says,
may signify a sack or a loose garment; and this method of entangling and catching an enemy, laciniis contortis , was much practised by the Huns (Ammian. xxxi. 2).
Il fut pris vif avec des filets ,
is the translation of Tillemont, Hist. des Empereurs, tom. v. p. 608.