Λιβύη
Libya
Translated by David Whitehead9 Sep 2001Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
A region [of that name].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λιβύη· χώρα.
Betacode
*libu/h: xw/ra.
Notes
- "Greek name for the country of the Libyans, the indigenous peoples of North Africa" (J.M. Reynolds in OCD(4) s.v.)
cf. lambda 494, lambda 495, lambda 497.
Linked from2 entries
- λ494Λιβυκὸν θηρίονLibyan beasti.e. a degenerated one. For they say that Libya has many beasts but is waterless, and when all kinds [of animals] come together at a single drinking-place the result is that they copulate with each other and produce…
- λ495Λιβυκὸν ὄρνεονLibyan birdMeaning a big one. There being in Libya many strange birds.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 5 Aug 2014
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- Revised — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead