Φίνειον

Phineion, Phineum

Translated by David Whitehead21 Nov 2001Vetting: high5 revisions

8 words

Name of a place or of a mountain.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φίνειον· ὄνομα τόπου ἢ ὄρους.

Betacode

*fi/neion: o)/noma to/pou h)\ o)/rous.

Notes

Both ps.-Herodian and Stephanus of Byzantium (s.v.) register this as a "place" in the Black Sea region, named after an eponymous founder Phineus (cf. phi 467).

Linked from1 entry

φ470ΦιρμιλιανόςFirmilianos, FirmilianusLook [sc. in another entry, where it says:] "In the promenade stand equestrian monuments of Gratian and of Valentinian and of Theodosius and of the hunchback Firmilianus as a joke."

Neighbouring entries

φ466ΦινεέςPhinees, Phinehas, Pinchas φ467ΦινεύςPhineus φ468ΦίνειονPhineion, Phineum φ469ΦινίδαςPhinidas φ470ΦιρμιλιανόςFirmilianos, Firmilianus

Revision history5 revisions · last 1 Mar 2023

1 Mar 2023cosmetics — Catharine Roth
8 Jun 2016Revised — David Whitehead
12 Dec 2013Revised — David Whitehead
14 Dec 2003Set status — Elizabeth Vandiver
6 Sep 2002Revised — David Whitehead
21 Nov 2001Translated — David Whitehead