Φοιδεράτοι

confederates, allies

Translated by Catharine Roth3 Nov 2010Vetting: high2 revisions

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Thus the Romans call those of the Scythians who are bound to them by treaty.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φοιδεράτοι· οὕτω καλοῦσι Ῥωμαῖοι τοὺς ὑποσπόνδους τῶν Σκυθῶν.

Betacode

*foidera/toi: ou(/tw kalou=si *(rwmai=oi tou\s u(pospo/ndous tw=n *skuqw=n.

Notes

Nominative plural, directly transliterating the Latin foederati. Extracted from a late-antique source, perhaps Justinian or Procopius. On the Scythians, see sigma 703 and sigma 704.

Linked from1 entry

π385Παράλογονillogical, unexpected, unpredictableSome, and particularly Thucydides, use [this] as a masculine, [to mean something] unexpected and what one might not expect; for example, "the unpredictable [aspect] of war," and "much that was unexpected happened."…

Neighbouring entries

φ779ΦοίβιοςPhoibios, Phoebius φ780Φοῖβοςradiant, Phoebus, Phoibos φ781Φοιδεράτοιconfederates, allies φ782Φοινήειςblood-red, bloody φ783Φοινικᾶpurple

Revision history2 revisions · last 18 Dec 2013

18 Dec 2013Revised — David Whitehead
3 Nov 2010expanded note; another keyword — David Whitehead
3 Nov 2010Translated — Catharine Roth