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Γραικοί · Graikoi, Graeci, Greeks (γ 447) · 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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γ443I write
γ444to inscribe
γ445I will indict
γ446crone, hag
γ447Graikoi, Graeci, Greeks
γ448accosters of old women
γ449graioudia
γ450Gregorios, Gregorius, Gregory
γ451Gregorios, Gregorius, Gregory

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Γραικοί

Graikoi, Graeci, Greeks

Translated by David Whitehead9 Aug 2001Vetting: high6 revisions

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3 notes · 25 words

Translation

[Meaning] the Hellenes.¹ [The name comes] from a certain village,² or from a certain Graikos.³
[It is formed] out of the [term] Graix, [genitive] Graikos.⁴

Greek original · Adler’s text

Γραικοί· οἱ Ἕλληνες. ἀπὸ κώμης τινὸς, ἢ ἀπὸ Γραικοῦ τινος. ἐκ τοῦ Γραίξ, Γραικός.

Betacode

*graikoi/: oi( *(/ellhnes. a)po\ kw/mhs tino\s, h)\ a)po\ *graikou= tinos. e)k tou= *grai/c, *graiko/s.

Notes (3)

[1] Similarly in other lexica. The Parian Marble (FGrH 239) gives 1521/0 BC as regnal date for Hellen the son of Deukalion (delta 283), during whose reign "those formerly called Graikoi were [re-]named Hellenes."
2Here only. ↩
3Son of Thessalos, according to Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. ↩
4Likewise in Stephanus, and in the grammarians. Graix is not independently attested.

Neighbouring entries

γ445ΓράψομαιI will indict γ446Γραῖαcrone, hag γ447ΓραικοίGraikoi, Graeci, Greeks γ448Γραιοσόβαιaccosters of old women γ449Γραιούδιαgraioudia

Revision history6 revisions · last 14 Apr 2016

14 Apr 2016another note — David Whitehead
13 Apr 2016tweak — Catharine Roth
29 Sep 2015Revised — David Whitehead
11 Jun 2012more notes; another keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
17 Sep 2002augmented note — David Whitehead
17 Jun 2002Revised — Catharine Roth
9 Aug 2001Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Γραικοί (Adler number gamma 447), trans. David Whitehead, 9 Aug 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/gamma/447

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