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Ἄβδηρα · Abdera (α 26) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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α22unprejudiced
α23inaccessible
α24abakhthani
α25unhateful [things]
α26Abdera
α27Abdiou, Obadiah
α28unreliable, unsteady
α29inviolable [places]
α30Abel

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Ἄβδηρα

Abdera

Translated by Anne Mahoney23 Aug 1998Vetting: high14 revisions

definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
geography

2 notes · 35 words

Translation

The sea, and a name of a city¹ and 'Abderite' [is] the citizen [of it].²
Also Phalera and Kythera↗ [sc. are spelled with eta]; but Gadeira, Stageira, Topeira, and Dobeira [sc. are spelled with epsiloniota].³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἄβδηρα· ἡ θάλασσα, καὶ ὄνομα πόλεως καὶ Ἀβδηρίτης ὁ πολίτης. καὶ Φάληρα καὶ Κύθηρα. Γάδειρα δὲ καὶ Στάγειρα καὶ Τόπειρα καὶ Δόβειρα.

Betacode

*)/abdhra: h( qa/lassa, kai\ o)/noma po/lews kai\ *)abdhri/ths o( poli/ths. kai\ *fa/lhra kai\ *ku/qhra. *ga/deira de\ kai\ *sta/geira kai\ *to/peira kai\ *do/beira.

Notes (2)

[1] Actually, as Stephanus of Byzantium and others noted, there were two cities called Abdera: one, the present-day Avdira, in northern Greece (Barrington Atlas map 51 grid D3; RE I.22-23; OCD(4) s.v.); the other, the present-day Adra, in southern Spain (Barrington Atlas map 27 grid B5). But the idea of Abdera as 'the sea' is unintelligible.
2Similarly glossed in the Etymologicum Magnum and the Lexicon Ambrosianum. An "Abderite" could also signify someone generically stupid: see LSJ s.v. *)abdhri/ths (web address 1 below). ↩
3These six city-names (whether spelled with an eta, like Abdera, or epsilon-iota; there would have been little difference in pronounciation by the time of the Suda) generate an ethnikon in the same way. See also delta 1318, sigma 977. This part of the entry, Adler reports, is lacking in mss A (= Parisinus 2625), G (= Parisinus 2623), and T (= Vaticanus 881).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from3 entries

δ1067ΔικαιόπολιςDikaiopolis, DicaeopolisA city in Thrace, near Avdera.
δ1318ΔόβειραDobeira, DoberosName of a city.
ε359ἙκαταῖοςHecataeus, HekataiosOf Abdera. Philosopher. He also had a nickname, 'critic grammarian', as having a grammatical training. He lived in the time of the Successors. His books are as follows: On the Poetry of Homer and Hesiod.

Neighbouring entries

α24Ἀβαχθανῆabakhthani α25Ἀβδέλυκταunhateful [things]α26ἌβδηραAbdera α27ἈβδιούAbdiou, Obadiah α28Ἀβέβαιοςunreliable, unsteady

Revision history14 revisions · last 30 Mar 2022

30 Mar 2022coding, tweaked link — Catharine Roth
29 Jul 2014updated a ref — David Whitehead
17 Jan 2014another x-ref — David Whitehead
20 Dec 2011betacode cosmetics — Catharine Roth
19 Dec 2011tweaks — David Whitehead
25 Mar 2008added link, cosmetics — Jennifer Benedict
5 Oct 2007augmented n.1 (and corrected note numbering) — David Whitehead
4 Oct 2007punctuation — Catharine Roth
3 Oct 2007augmented note, added cross-reference, raised status — Catharine Roth
20 Jan 2001Cosmetics — William Hutton
18 Sep 2000modified translation and notes — David Whitehead
30 Jul 2000Added note. — Catharine Roth
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23 Aug 1998Translated — Anne Mahoney

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἄβδηρα (Adler number alpha 26), trans. Anne Mahoney, 23 Aug 1998. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/26

Translation by Anne Mahoney for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, Jennifer Benedict, William Hutton, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗