Κολοφών
summit, top, colophon
Translated by David Whitehead30 Nov 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the limit, the great and high promontory. It is [a term] applied to great evils.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κολοφών· τὸ πέρας, τὸ μέγα καὶ ὑψηλὸν ἀκρωτήριον. λαμβάνεται δὲ ἐπὶ μεγάλων κακῶν.
Betacode
*kolofw/n: to\ pe/ras, to\ me/ga kai\ u(yhlo\n a)krwth/rion. lamba/netai de\ e)pi\ mega/lwn kakw=n.
Notes
- Same or similar entry in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa902 Theodoridis.
Strabo 14.1.28 (web address 1) proffers an explanation for its second part: the city of Kolophon in Asia Minor (cf. kappa 1956) had such superior cavalry that its intervention always finished things badly for the opponents.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- κ1956ΚολοφώνιοςKolophonios, ColophoniusA proper name.
- μ63ΜακεδόνιοςMakedonios, MacedoniusThis man displayed the most evil deeds against the Christians and set the capstone on the evils which he had done: for learning that very many of the Novatian religion belonged to the nation of the Paphlagonians, and…
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