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Headword: *balentiniano/s
Adler number: beta,72
Translated headword: Valentinianos, Valentinianus, Valentinian
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Emperor of [the] Romans.[1] But some [sc. spell it] Oualentinianos.[2] See also under Sallustius.[3]
Greek Original:
*balentiniano/s, basileu\s *(rwmai/wn. oi( de\ *ou)alentiniano/s. kai\ zh/tei e)n tw=| *salou/stios.
Notes:
OCD(4) p.1531 (three consecutive entries).
[1] Valentinian I was emperor 364-375; his son Valentinian II ruled 375-392; and Valentinian III was western emperor 425-455. For the relevant biographies (by Walter Roberts and Ralph Mathisen) on the De Imperatoribus Romanis site see web addresses 1-3.
[2] See omicron 762, omicron 763. The alternative spellings provide evidence of sound changes in process both in Latin (from w to v) and in Greek (from b to v).
[3] sigma 64. Sallustius was the praetorian prefect who proposed Valentinian I for emperor.
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1,
Web address 2,
Web address 3
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; history
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 14 November 2000@22:54:49.
Vetted by:
William Hutton (Cosmetics, augmented note, raised status.) on 15 November 2000@00:47:26.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 23 December 2002@11:59:28.
David Whitehead (tweaks and cosmetics) on 1 August 2011@06:27:49.
Catharine Roth (tweaked notes) on 22 August 2013@20:46:24.
David Whitehead (updated a ref) on 1 August 2014@05:23:42.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 16 September 2015@02:47:20.
Catharine Roth (expanded note) on 31 January 2016@01:06:52.

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