Πετραία
Petraia, Petraea
Translated by Nicholas Fincher29 Jul 2003Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Name of a city.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πετραία· ὄνομα πόλεως.
Betacode
*petrai/a: o)/noma po/lews.
Notes
- The only known city with a name in this exact form was a minor (and unlocated) one near Doliche in northern Greece. However, if this headword is actually a feminine adjective (with a noun such as 'territory' implicit, it might relate to Petra (see pi 1404); alternatively, it is the adjective regularly used in Ptolemy's Geography when he is writing of Arabia Petraea.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 23 May 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- reworked note; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Nicholas Fincher