Ὠστία
Ostia
Translated by David Whitehead4 Sep 2005Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Ancus Marcius when king of the Romans1 fortified a place near the remainders(?) and near the outflows of the river Tiber. On the shore itself he set up a city, which he named Ostia from the position; as Greeks might say, a door; I think it lies some sixteen milestones from Rome.2
Also [sc. attested is]w)stia/rios with an omega, from [the verb] w)qei=n .
An ostia [is] a door amongst Romans, which gives rise to the rank ostiarius with an omicron.
Let it not be given a Greek etymology!
Also [sc. attested is]
An ostia [is] a door amongst Romans, which gives rise to the rank ostiarius with an omicron.
Let it not be given a Greek etymology!
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὠστία· Ἄγκος Μάρκος βασιλεύσας Ῥωμαίων πρὸς τοῖς λοιποῖς καὶ πρὸς ταῖς ἐκβολαῖς τοῦ Τιβέριδος ποταμοῦ ἐτείχισε τόπον. ἐπ' αὐτῆς τῆς ῥαχίας ἀνίστησι πόλιν, ἣν Ὠστίαν ἀπὸ τῆς θέσεως προσηγόρευσεν· ὡς ἂν εἴποιεν Ἕλληνες θύραν· ἑκκαίδεκά που σημείοις ἀφεστῶσαν τῆς Ῥώμης οἶμαι. καὶ Ὠστιάριος δὲ διὰ τοῦ ω μεγάλου παρὰ τὸ ὠθεῖν. Ὀστία, ἡ θύρα παρὰ Ῥωμαίοις, ὅθεν καὶ ὀστιάριος τὸ ἀξίωμα, διὰ τοῦ ο μικροῦ. μὴ Ἑλληνικῶς ἐτυμολογείσθω.
Betacode
*)wsti/a: *)/agkos *ma/rkos basileu/sas *(rwmai/wn pro\s toi=s loipoi=s kai\ pro\s tai=s e)kbolai=s tou= *tibe/ridos potamou= e)tei/xise to/pon. e)p' au)th=s th=s r(axi/as a)ni/sthsi po/lin, h(\n *)wsti/an a)po\ th=s qe/sews proshgo/reusen: w(s a)\n ei)/poien *(/ellhnes qu/ran: e(kkai/deka/ pou shmei/ois a)festw=san th=s *(rw/mhs oi)=mai. kai\ *)wstia/rios de\ dia\ tou= w mega/lou para\ to\ w)qei=n. *)osti/a, h( qu/ra para\ *(rwmai/ois, o(/qen kai\ o)stia/rios to\ a)ci/wma, dia\ tou= o mikrou=. mh\ *(ellhnikw=s e)tumologei/sqw.
Notes (2)
- For Ostia see already omega 244.
cf. generally omicron 711, omicron 712, and again omega 247. - 1Trad. 640-617; the fourth king. ↩
- 2For this first part of the entry cf. (more briefly) Eutropius, Breviarium 1.5. ↩
Linked from4 entries
- μ47ΜαϊουμᾶςMaioumas, May DayA festival used to be celebrated at Rome in the month of May. Occupying the coastal city, the one which is called Ostia, those who held the first rank of Rome condescended to amuse themselves, throwing each other into…
- ο711ὈστιάριοςostiariusA kind of rank. But I think [the word should be spelled] w)stia/rios with an omega; from [the verb] w)qei=n ["to thrust"].
- ο712Ὀστίαostia[A term for] a door amongst Romans. And from this [comes] ostiarius with an omicron.
- ω244ὬστειαOsteia, OstiaName of a city.
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