Κιγκλιδάριοι
gatekeepers
Translated by Nick Nicholas20 Nov 2008Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κιγκλιδάριοι· ἀπὸ τῆς κιγκλίδος. οἷς δὴ τὰ ἀρχεῖα ἐπεφρόντιστο, τῆς τε ἄλλης εὐκοσμίας πέρι, καὶ ὅπως μὴ χύδην ἅπασι τοῖς βουλομένοις εἰσιτητέα εἴη.
Betacode
*kigklida/rioi: a)po\ th=s kigkli/dos. oi(=s dh\ ta\ a)rxei=a e)pefro/ntisto, th=s te a)/llhs eu)kosmi/as pe/ri, kai\ o(/pws mh\ xu/dhn a(/pasi toi=s boulome/nois ei)sithte/a ei)/h.
Notes (3)
- The headword occurs only here. Its -
a/rios suffix indicates it is patterned after Latin terms, such askagkella/rios "chancellor" -- which originates in the same metonymy: cancellarius > cancelli "lattices, crossbars, which surrounded the seat of judgment". The wordkagkella/rios is attested in Greek (Lampe s.v.), andkigkli/s (LSJ s.v.), being specific to courts and assemblyhouses, has the same associations:kigklida/rios may be a partial calque. - 1kappa 1582, kappa 1583. ↩
- 2Generally, town halls, boards of magistrates; here evidently, important records and paperwork, literally the archives associated with the military campaign; cf. LSJ s.v.
a)rxei=on (web address 1). ↩ - 3Agathias, Histories 1.19 (on Narses [nu 42] at Ravenna); glossing not the present headword but a more general category of officials. On the entourage with which Narses retired to Ravenna (rho 4) in the winter of 553 CE, see also omicroniota 79. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history8 revisions · last 11 Nov 2023
- my typo n.3 cross-reference — Ronald Allen
- typo — Catharine Roth
- tweaked translation after discussion with Managing Editor Catharine Roth; expanded n.2, added link — Ronald Allen
- augmented n.3, added cross-references — Ronald Allen
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked tr, at the translator's suggestion; my typo — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Nick Nicholas