Ἁρμοσταί

harmosts

Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 10 Aug 2001 · Vetting: high · 8 revisions

Translation

[Meaning] those appointed from a king/emperor to peoples.¹
"The Faliscans paid heed to none of the natives as harmost, suspecting them all."²
Harmosts then were those sent out by [the] Lakedaimonians to rule their subject cities.³

Greek original

Ἁρμοσταί· οἱ ἀπὸ βασιλέως στελλόμενοι εἰς ἔθνη. οἱ δὲ Φαλίσκοι οὐδενὶ προσεῖχον τῶν ἐπιχωρίων ἁρμοστῇ πάντας ὑφορώμενοι. Ἁρμοσταὶ οὖν οἱ ὑπὸ Λακεδαιμονίων εἰς τὰς ὑπηκόους πόλεις ἄρχοντες ἐκπεμπόμενοι.

Betacode

*(armostai/: oi( a)po\ basile/ws stello/menoi ei)s e)/qnh. oi( de\ *fali/skoi ou)deni\ prosei=xon tw=n e)pixwri/wn a(rmosth=| pa/ntas u(forw/menoi. *(armostai\ ou)=n oi( u(po\ *lakedaimoni/wn ei)s ta\s u(phko/ous po/leis a)/rxontes e)kpempo/menoi.

Notes (2)

[1] This rather lame gloss occurs only here and in the parallel entry in ps.-Zonaras.
2Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable -- but for the Faliscans [phi 52] of central Italy, under Roman control by the mid C3 BCE, cf. sigma 988 and see generally OCD(4) s.v. (p.566). ↩
3Abridged from Harpokration s.v., who cites Eratosthenes (FGrH 241 F24) and Demosthenes (18.96); cf. epsilon 2584. It was the Lakedaimonians (Spartans) of the late C5 BCE, as far as is known, who coined the word (which literally means "fixer"). See generally OCD(4) s.v. (pp.645-6).

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Linked from (1)

δ243Δέονnecessary

Neighbours in Adler order

α3976Ἁρμοζόμενοςfitting α3977Ἁρμονίανharmony α3978ἉρμονίδηςHarmonides α3979Ἁρμοσταίharmosts α3980Ἁρμόττωνjoining α3981Ἁρμοῖ πουjust now α3982Ἀρνακίδα Ἀρνακίςsheepskin

Revisions (8)

31 Aug 2015David Whitehead
31 Jul 2014David Whiteheadupdated OCD refs
21 Mar 2014David Whitehead
30 Jun 2011David Whiteheadaugmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics
4 Mar 2011David Whiteheadaugmented notes and keywords; tweaks
12 Aug 2001David Whiteheadadded notes; cosmetics
10 Aug 2001Jennifer Benedicttranslated

Greek original

Betacode

*(armostai/: oi( a)po\ basile/ws stello/menoi ei)s e)/qnh. oi( de\ *fali/skoi ou)deni\ prosei=xon tw=n e)pixwri/wn a(rmosth=| pa/ntas u(forw/menoi. *(armostai\ ou)=n oi( u(po\ *lakedaimoni/wn ei)s ta\s u(phko/ous po/leis a)/rxontes e)kpempo/menoi.

Notes (2)

[1] This rather lame gloss occurs only here and in the parallel entry in ps.-Zonaras.

2Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable -- but for the Faliscans [phi 52] of central Italy, under Roman control by the mid C3 BCE, cf. sigma 988 and see generally OCD(4) s.v. (p.566). ↩

3Abridged from Harpokration s.v., who cites Eratosthenes (FGrH 241 F24) and Demosthenes (18.96); cf. epsilon 2584. It was the Lakedaimonians (Spartans) of the late C5 BCE, as far as is known, who coined the word (which literally means "fixer"). See generally OCD(4) s.v. (pp.645-6).