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... qui Parthi Hyrcano bello distinebantur. miserantque Hyrcani ad principem...

In gen., to hold off, keep back, keep asunder, hinder, detain, prevent; to occupy, engage, employ, divert, “Parthos Hyrcano bello,” Tac. A. 14, 25. L. & S. II.