Ἀπαίσιον

ill-omened

Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 19 Dec 2000 · Vetting: high · 9 revisions

Translation

[Meaning something] unbecoming.¹
Blasphemous, uncontributing.²
Innocent(?) or badly-omened.
"They appeared [to be] of the same tribe of the Turks, whom they said were drivers-away of the ill-omened."³

Greek original

Ἀπαίσιον· ἀπρεπές. βλάσφημον, ἀσύμβολον. ἀσινὲς ἢ δυσοιώνιστον. ἀνεφάνησαν δὲ τοῦ αὐτοῦ φύλου τῶν Τούρκων, οὓς ἔφασαν τῶν ἀπαισίων ἐλατῆρας εἶναι.

Betacode

*)apai/sion: a)prepe/s. bla/sfhmon, a)su/mbolon. a)sine\s h)\ dusoiw/niston. a)nefa/nhsan de\ tou= au)tou= fu/lou tw=n *tou/rkwn, ou(\s e)/fasan tw=n a)paisi/wn e)lath=ras ei)=nai.

Notes (2)

[1] The headword is neuter singular of this adjective. It must be quoted from somewhere, probably Oppian, Halieutica 1.372; cf. the scholia there.
2Likewise in the Synagoge and Photius. ↩
3Menander Protector fr. 10.3 Blockley (118-119), using the genitive plural of the headword. Further Sogdians present themselves before Zemarchus and begin a ritual to dispel bad omens. Zemarchus was a Byzantine general in the Roman east from 569 and Justin's envoy to the Turks 569-571; cf. PLRE IIIb s.v. Zemarchus(3). Sogdia (Sogdiana) occupied the region north of the Oxus River and south of the Jaxartes River, centered around the city of Samarkand (in present-day Uzbekistan); cf. Barrington Atlas map 6 grid B2. On the emperor Justin II see iota 449 end. See further excerpts from this fragment at alpha 3615, epsilon 963, epsilon 2425, epsilon 3658, eta 416, theta 226, kappa 2021, lambda 57, pi 772, pi 1026, pi 1273, upsilon 178, upsilon 408, phi 617, and chi 340.

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References

R.C. Blockley, ed. and trans., The History of Menander the Guardsman, (Cambridge 1985)
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. IIIb, (Cambridge, 1992)

Linked from (3)

α3615Ἀποτρόπαιοιevil-averting, apotropaic χ167Χαίρειν εἰπώνsaying 'farewell'χ340Χλιδήluxury

Neighbours in Adler order

α2959Ἀπαιόλημαact of fraud α2960Ἀπαιωρούμενονhanging up α2961Ἄπαιρεcarry away α2962Ἀπαίσιονill-omened α2963ἈπαισόςApaisos, Apaesus α2964ἈπαιτοῦμαιI demand α2965Ἀπαιτητέαdemands, things which it is necessary to demand

Revisions (9)

4 Nov 2024Ronald Allenupdated cross-reference n.3, added further cross-references
17 Aug 2024Ronald Allenexpanded n.3; added bibliography, cross-reference, and keyword
28 Sep 2014Catharine Rothcoding
23 Aug 2013David Whiteheadmore notes; another keyword
26 Mar 2012David Whiteheadaugmented notes and keywords; cosmetics
3 Jan 2012David Whiteheadupdated ref
18 Aug 2002David Whiteheadadded notes and keywords; cosmetics
19 Dec 2000Jennifer Benedicttranslated

Greek original

Betacode

*)apai/sion: a)prepe/s. bla/sfhmon, a)su/mbolon. a)sine\s h)\ dusoiw/niston. a)nefa/nhsan de\ tou= au)tou= fu/lou tw=n *tou/rkwn, ou(\s e)/fasan tw=n a)paisi/wn e)lath=ras ei)=nai.

Notes (2)

[1] The headword is neuter singular of this adjective. It must be quoted from somewhere, probably Oppian, Halieutica 1.372; cf. the scholia there.

2Likewise in the Synagoge and Photius. ↩

3Menander Protector fr. 10.3 Blockley (118-119), using the genitive plural of the headword. Further Sogdians present themselves before Zemarchus and begin a ritual to dispel bad omens. Zemarchus was a Byzantine general in the Roman east from 569 and Justin's envoy to the Turks 569-571; cf. PLRE IIIb s.v. Zemarchus(3). Sogdia (Sogdiana) occupied the region north of the Oxus River and south of the Jaxartes River, centered around the city of Samarkand (in present-day Uzbekistan); cf. Barrington Atlas map 6 grid B2. On the emperor Justin II see iota 449 end. See further excerpts from this fragment at alpha 3615, epsilon 963, epsilon 2425, epsilon 3658, eta 416, theta 226, kappa 2021, lambda 57, pi 772, pi 1026, pi 1273, upsilon 178, upsilon 408, phi 617, and chi 340.