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a-maÌ„n´ (translated from the Greek εἰς φυγὴν ὡÌÏμησαν, eis phugeÌ„Ìn hō̇rmeÌ„san, “they rushed to flightâ€): The word is composed of the prefix “a†and the word “main,†meaning “force.†The expression is used by Milton, Parker, et al., but in Biblical literature found only in 2 Macc 12:22 where used to describe the flight of Timotheus and his army after he suffered defeat at the hands of Judas Maccabee (“They fled amain,†i.e. violently and suddenly).