Φοιτάδας
passable [roads]
Translated by William Hutton10 Feb 2014Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] well-worn [ones]. "[...he] was investigating both the lay of the land and outposts and passable roads and distances."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φοιτάδας· τετριμμένας. τήν τε θέσιν τῆς χώρας ἀνεζήτει καὶ φρούρια καὶ φοιτάδας ὁδούς τε καὶ διαστήματα.
Betacode
*foita/das: tetrimme/nas. th/n te qe/sin th=s xw/ras a)nezh/tei kai\ frou/ria kai\ foita/das o(dou/s te kai\ diasth/mata.
Notes (1)
- The headword, extracted from the quotation given, is accusative plural feminine. See further, next note
- 1Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. Usually the headword has the negative connotation of 'errant' or 'frenzied' (cf. phi 808, phi 809), but here, uniquely, it seems to have the neutral connotation that the related verb
foita/w and certain other reflexes of the same stem normally have (phi 803, phi 806). ↩
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- coding — David Whitehead
- expanded notes; another keyword; cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton