Ἀνανταγώνιστος
unrivalled
Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 11 May 2001 · Vetting: high · 6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] unconquerable.
"The attack of the Romans was unrivalled and forbidding to those who met it."1
"The attack of the Romans was unrivalled and forbidding to those who met it."1
Greek original
Ἀνανταγώνιστος· ἀκαταμάχητος. ἀνανταγώνιστος ἦν ἡ Ῥωμαίων ὁρμὴ καὶ δυσάντητος τοῖς ἐντυγχάνουσιν.
Betacode
*)anantagw/nistos: a)katama/xhtos. a)nantagw/nistos h)=n h( *(rwmai/wn o(rmh\ kai\ dusa/nthtos toi=s e)ntugxa/nousin.
Notes (1)
- Similar entry in Hesychius. The headword is presumably extracted from the quotation given (though does also occur in several earlier writers, including Lucian and Arrian).↩
- 1Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 2.6.13, on the Roman army during the Solachon (cf. alpha 141 note) campaign of 586; cf. de Boor (81) and Whitby (51).
References
C. de Boor, ed., Theophylacti Simocattae Historiae, (Leipzig 1887, reprint 2022)
M. Whitby and M. Whitby, eds. and trans., The History of Theophylact Simocatta, (Oxford 1986)
M. Whitby and M. Whitby, eds. and trans., The History of Theophylact Simocatta, (Oxford 1986)
Linked from (1)
Neighbours in Adler order
Revisions (6)
- Ronald Allenexpanded n.1, added bibliography and cross-reference
- David Whitehead
- David Whiteheadanother note
- David Whiteheadadded keywords; cosmetics
- Jennifer Benedicttranslated