Λατῖνοι
Latins, Latini
Translated by Jennifer Benedict11 Apr 2008Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Those who are now [called] Romans; for Telephus the son of Heracles, who had the additional name Latinus, gave those who were of old called Cetii the new name Latini. These were again called Italians after one Italus who was ruling the region; but after Aeneas seized the west they were called Aeneadae. All the Romans after him changed their name, taking the name from Romulus.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λατῖνοι· οἱ νῦν Ῥωμαῖοι· Τήλεφος γὰρ υἱὸς Ἡρακλέους, ὁ ἐπικληθεὶς Λατῖνος, μετωνόμασε τοὺς πάλαι Κητίους λεγομένους Λατίνους. Ἰταλοὶ δὲ οὗτοι πάλιν προσηγορεύθησαν ἔκ τινος Ἰταλοῦ δυναστεύσαντος τῆς χώρας· Αἰνείου δὲ καταλαβόντος τὴν δύσιν ἐκλήθησαν Αἰνεάδαι· μεθ' ὃν Ῥωμαῖοι πάντες μετωνομάσθησαν ἀπὸ Ῥωμύλου λαβόντες τὴν ἐπωνυμίαν.
Betacode
*lati=noi: oi( nu=n *(rwmai=oi: *th/lefos ga\r ui(o\s *(hrakle/ous, o( e)piklhqei\s *lati=nos, metwno/mase tou\s pa/lai *khti/ous legome/nous *lati/nous. *)italoi\ de\ ou(=toi pa/lin proshgoreu/qhsan e)/k tinos *)italou= dunasteu/santos th=s xw/ras: *ai)nei/ou de\ katalabo/ntos th\n du/sin e)klh/qhsan *ai)nea/dai: meq' o(\n *(rwmai=oi pa/ntes metwnoma/sqhsan a)po\ *(rwmu/lou labo/ntes th\n e)pwnumi/an.
Notes
- cf. John Malalas Chronographia 162.4 Dindorf (now VI.18 Thurn; cf. Jeffreys et al. (86)) and George the Monk, Chronicon 41.5-8; see also T.J. Cornell in OCD(4) s.v. Latini.
References
J. Thurn, ed., Ioannis Malalae Chronographia, (Berlin 2000)
E. Jeffreys, M. Jeffreys, and R. Scott, trans., The Chronicle of John Malalas, (Leiden 1986)
E. Jeffreys, M. Jeffreys, and R. Scott, trans., The Chronicle of John Malalas, (Leiden 1986)
Neighbouring entries
Revision history6 revisions · last 12 Jul 2026
- added bibliography — Ronald Allen
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweak — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- tweaks to tr — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict