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Ἄψυρτος · Apsyrtos, Apsyrtus (α 4739) · 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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α4737going backwards
α4738noiselessly
α4739Apsyrtos, Apsyrtus
α4740faint-hearted, spiritless
α4741alpha:4741
α4742alpha:4742
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Ἄψυρτος

Apsyrtos, Apsyrtus

Translated by Jennifer Benedict7 Jun 2001Vetting: high7 revisions

biography
chronology
geography
history
medicine
military affairs
+1
- zoology

6 notes · 50 words

Translation

Of Prusa, [or]¹ of Nicomedia, a soldier, who had campaigned under the Emperor Constantine² in Scythia by the Istros.³ This man wrote a book on farriery⁴ and a physical [treatise] about the same animals;⁵ and other things. Cimon the Athenian also wrote a marvellous book on the inspection of horses.⁶

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἄψυρτος, Προυσαεὺς, Νικομηδεὺς, στρατιώτης, στρατευσάμενος ἐπὶ Κωνσταντίνου τοῦ βασιλέως ἐν Σκυθίᾳ παρὰ τὸν Ἴστρον. ἱππιατρικὸν βιβλίον οὗτος ἔγραψεν καὶ φυσικὸν περὶ τῶν αὐτῶν ἀλόγων· καὶ ἕτερα. ἔγραψε καὶ Κίμων Ἀθηναῖος ἱπποσκοπικὸν βιβλίον θαυμάσιον.

Betacode

*)/ayurtos, *prousaeu\s, *nikomhdeu\s, stratiw/ths, strateusa/menos e)pi\ *kwnstanti/nou tou= basile/ws e)n *skuqi/a| para\ to\n *)/istron. i(ppiatriko\n bibli/on ou(=tos e)/grayen kai\ fusiko\n peri\ tw=n au)tw=n a)lo/gwn: kai\ e(/tera. e)/graye kai\ *ki/mwn *)aqhnai=os i(pposkopiko\n bibli/on qauma/sion.

Notes (6)

C4 AD.
1'Or' is explicit, Adler reports (addenda), in ms E. ↩
2Some manuscripts have "Constantius". ↩
3The lower Danube. ↩
4Or "horse-medicine": cf. chi 267. ↩
5For aloga as animals, especially horses, in late Greek see LSJ s.v. ↩
6cf. kappa 1621 (end) -- where however the name of this author should almost certainly be Simon (making the authorship misattributed); cf. sigma 871.

Linked from1 entry

α3948ἈρκάδιοςArcadius, ArkadiosGrammarian; of Antioch. He wrote On Orthography; On the Syntax of the Parts of Speech; Onomaticon (an admirable work).

Neighbouring entries

α4737Ἄψορροιgoing backwards α4738Ἀψοφητίnoiselessly α4739ἌψυρτοςApsyrtos, Apsyrtus α4740Ἄψυχοςfaint-hearted, spiritless α4741alpha:4741

Revision history7 revisions · last 11 Jan 2016

11 Jan 2016added a note — Catharine Roth
26 Jan 2014another note — David Whitehead
10 May 2012another keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
31 Aug 2004modified translation at one point; corrected x-ref; augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
8 Jun 2001added notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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7 Jun 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἄψυρτος (Adler number alpha 4739), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 7 Jun 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/4739

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