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Ἀριμάσπειος · Arimaspeian, Arimaspian, Arimaspean (α 3882) · 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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α3878conspicuous
α3879listening readily
α3880I count
α3881Arima
α3882Arimaspeian, Arimaspian, Arimaspean
α3883Arimathaian, Arimathaean, Arimathean
α3884Arimenon, Ariminum
α3885Ariobarzanes
α3886Arion

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Ἀριμάσπειος

Arimaspeian, Arimaspian, Arimaspean

Translated by Jennifer Benedict10 Jul 2001Vetting: high8 revisions

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13 words

Translation

[Referring to] a place. Also [sc. attested is] Arimaspos, [referring to] a people.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀριμάσπειος· τόπος. καὶ Ἀριμασπός, ἐθνικόν.

Betacode

*)arima/speios: to/pos. kai\ *)arimaspo/s, e)qniko/n.

Notes

The Arimaspeans were a fabled tribe from the far north whose members each had only one eye. See Herodotus 3.116, 4.13, and 4.27 (with a supposed etymology from the Scythian "arima", meaning "one", and "spou", meaning "eye"); (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 803-6; and see generally OCD(4) p.152.
There were also a people called the Arimaspai (or Ariaspai) who dwelt east of the lake at the heart of Drangiana/Zarangiana in present-day Iran and Afghanistan.

Linked from1 entry

α3900ἈριστέαςAristeasThe son of Democharis or of Caustrobius, from Proconnesos, an epic poet; [he wrote] the verses called the Arimaspea; it is a history of the Hyperborean Arimaspeans, [in] 3 books. They say that whenever he wanted, his…

Neighbouring entries

α3880ἈριθμῶI count α3881ἌριμαArima α3882ἈριμάσπειοςArimaspeian, Arimaspian, Arimaspean α3883ἈριματθαῖοςArimathaian, Arimathaean, Arimathean α3884ἈρίμηνονArimenon, Ariminum

Revision history8 revisions · last 4 Oct 2015

4 Oct 2015 — David Whitehead
31 Aug 2015 — David Whitehead
31 Jul 2014updated a ref — David Whitehead
2 Aug 2011tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
14 Jul 2003Added note and headwords — Nicholas Fincher
11 Jul 2001added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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10 Jul 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀριμάσπειος (Adler number alpha 3882), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 10 Jul 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/3882

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