Ναρβὼν ἢ Ναρβωνησία

Narbon or Narbonesia

Translated by David Whitehead10 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

19 words

A Celtic port and city. There is also a Lake Narbonitis. Also [sc. attested is] Narbis, an Illyrian city.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ναρβὼν ἢ Ναρβωνησία· ἐμπόριον καὶ πόλις Κελτική. ἔστι δὲ καὶ λίμνη Ναρβωνῖτις. καὶ Νάρβις, πόλις Ἰλλυριῶν.

Betacode

*narbw\n h)\ *narbwnhsi/a: e)mpo/rion kai\ po/lis *keltikh/. e)/sti de\ kai\ li/mnh *narbwni=tis. kai\ *na/rbis, po/lis *)illuriw=n.

A combination and contraction of two consecutive entries in Stephanus of Byzantium, on "Narbon" and "Narbis".
NF: Narbo in SW France is well-known, later the centre for the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis. The Illyrian city is unlocated.

On Narbo (present-day Narbonne) see OCD4 s.v.; Barrington Atlas map 25 grid H2 ('Col. Narbo Martius').

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