Φθῖος

Phthios, Phthius

Translated by David Whitehead21 Nov 2001Vetting: high5 revisions

3 notes · 28 words
A proper name.1 Also [sc. attested is] Phthiotes, [meaning] a man from the city of Phthia.2 But in the feminine [this becomes] 'Phthiotis woman', [spelled] with an i.3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φθῖος· ὄνομα κύριον. καὶ Φθιώτης, ὁ ἀπὸ τῆς Φθίας πόλεως. θηλυκῶς δὲ Φθιῶτις γυνή, διὰ τοῦ ι.

Betacode
*fqi=os: o)/noma ku/rion. kai\ *fqiw/ths, o( a)po\ th=s *fqi/as po/lews. qhlukw=s de\ *fqiw=tis gunh/, dia\ tou= i.

Notes (3)

  1. 1The eponymous founder, in mythology, of Thessalian Phthia/Phthiotis. See, e.g., Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.17.3. ↩
  2. 2See under phi 489. ↩
  3. 3Adler does format 'Phthiotis woman' as a quoted phrase, and so it might be; note, however, that extant attestations of 'Phthiotis' are geographical. ↩

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Revision history5 revisions · last 12 Dec 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Cosmetics — Elizabeth Vandiver
  5. Revised — David Whitehead
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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