Αὕτη μὲν ἡ τοῦ Ἐνδυμίωνος δύναμις ἦν. σκευὴ δὲ πάντων ἡ αὐτή· κράνη μὲν ἀπὸ τῶν κυάμων, μεγάλοι γὰρ παρ᾽ αὐτοῖς οἱ κύαμοι καὶ καρτεροί· θώρακες δὲ φολιδωτοὶ πάντες θέρμινοι· τὰ γὰρ λέπη τῶν θέρμων συρράπτοντες ποιοῦνται θώρακας, ἄρρηκτον δὲ ἐκεῖ γίνεται τοῦ θέρμου τὸ λέπος ὥσπερ κέρας· ἀσπίδες δὲ καὶ ξίφη οἷα τὰ Ἑλληνικά.

    αὕτη...ἡ...δύναμις ἦν: "this was the military force." For the demonstrative αὕτη being used as a predicate adjective and agreeing in gender with the subject (where the verb is "to be" or another linking verb), see S. 1238 and 1239.

    ἀπὸ τῶν κυάμων: “(made) from beans” (gen. of material: S. 1323).

    θώρακες δὲ φολιδωτοὶ πάντες θέρμινοι: “their scale-armor was all made of lupines.” 

    τὰ λέπη: “the husks.”

    γίνεται: = γίγνεται (S. 89).

    οἷα: "just as, like" (see οἷος LSJ V.2).

    VERB LIST

    σκευή, ἡ: equipment

    κράνος, -ους, τό: a helmet

    κύαμος, ὁ: a bean

    καρτερός, -ά, -όν: strong, tough

    θώραξ, -ακος, ὁ: a breastplate

    φολιδωτός, -ή, -όν: of scales; θώραξ φολιδωτός, a coat of mail of small metal plates overlapping one another, scale-armour

    θέρμινος, -η, -ον: of lupines

    λέπος, -ους, τό: rind, husk

    θέρμος, ὁ: a lupine

    συρράπτω: sew or stitch together

    ἄρρηκτος, -ον: unbroken

    κέρας, κέρως, τό: the horn of an animal

    ἀσπίς, -ίδος, ἡ: a round shield

    ξίφος, -ους, τό: a sword

    Ἑλληνικός, -ή, -όν: Hellenic, Greek

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    Eric Casey, Evan Hayes, and Stephen Nimis, Lucian True History. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Dickinson College Commentaries, 2023. ISBN: .
    https://dcc.dickinson.edu/lucian-true/book-1/1-14