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[Meaning] that which is under one's eye,[1] present.
The Pisidian [writes]: "[there came] from our predecessors the clear apprehension [sc. of the Avar threat]."[2] Or that which is written out of hearsay and [sc. oral] tradition.
Also [sc. attested are] u(po/yia ["things viewed with suspicion"].[3]

*(upoyi/a: to\ u(po\ th\n o)/yin, to\ e)nesthko/s. *pisi/dhs: th\n tw=n fqasa/ntwn a)sfalw=s u(poyi/an. h)\ to\ e)c a)koh=s kai\ parado/sews grafo/menon. kai\ *(upo/yia.

[1] An etymological explanation of the Greek
[2] George of Pisidia, Bellum Avaricum 43, Per l'incursione dei barbari 43 Tartaglia. Tartaglia notes (159, note 6) that this refers to historians who, like Priscus, Evagrius, and Theophylact Simocatta, had dealt with the prior Avar invasions (567-610); cf. Pohl (47-56). On the Avars see alpha 18 note.
[3] Neuter nominative/accusative plural of the adjective u)po/yios "[things] viewed with suspicion".

L. Tartaglia, ed., Carmi di Giorgio di Pisidia, (Torino 1998)
W. Pohl, The Avars: A Steppe Empire in Central Europe, 567-822, (Ithaca, NY 2018)

David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 12 August 2010@09:07:14.
Catharine Roth (added note 3) on 12 August 2010@15:08:22.
David Whitehead on 1 December 2013@05:20:17.
David Whitehead on 12 November 2014@03:02:56.
Ronald Allen (corrected and updated Pisidian reference n.2) on 21 January 2026@19:08:40.
Ronald Allen (coding) on 21 January 2026@21:27:33.
Ronald Allen (after discussion, added keyword, tweaked translation as suggested by Catharine Roth) on 17 February 2026@19:23:22.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.2; added bibliography, cross-reference, and keywords) on 20 February 2026@12:50:53.

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