Suda On Line
Search
|
Search results for delta,986 in Adler number:
Headword:
*die/xousan
Adler number: delta,986
Translated headword: distant
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] settled at a distance.[1] "[Chosroes] arrived at
Seleukeia, a coastal city 130 stades distant from
Antioch".[2]
*die/xousan: a)pw|kisme/nhn ou)=san. e)s *seleu/keian po/lin e)piqalassi/an a)fi/keto, *)antioxei/as r# kai\ l# stadi/ous die/xousan.
Notes:
[1] The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is the present participle, feminine accusative singular, of the verb
die/xw.
[2]
Procopius,
History of the Wars of Justinian 2.11.1 (web address 1), on the Persian king Chosroes's (cf.
chi 418) invasion of the Roman east in 540 CE; cf. Kaldellis (95). Find also related context at
alpha 4346 and
gamma 422. On
Seleukeia, just north of the Orontes River in modern-day Hatay Province, Turkey, see
sigma 198. On
Antioch, see
alpha 2692.
A. Kaldellis, ed. and H.B. Dewing, trans., Prokopios: The Wars of Justinian, (Indianapolis 2014)
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 17 June 2005@08:14:38.
Vetted by:Catharine Roth (modified translation, set status) on 17 June 2005@19:39:51.
David Whitehead (supplemented tr; added a keyword; cosmetics) on 18 June 2005@06:27:59.
David Whitehead on 9 July 2012@07:35:49.
David Whitehead on 8 November 2015@06:48:57.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keyword, added link) on 17 January 2024@11:01:33.
No. of records found: 1
Page 1
End of search