Πεισιόνη
Peisione
Translated by David Whitehead1 Oct 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
A [feminine] proper name.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πεισιόνη· ὄνομα κύριον.
Betacode
*peisio/nh: o)/noma ku/rion.
Notes
- Found only here, so there is no certain means of telling whether it is that of [a] a woman or [b] a place.
[a] DW: probably a simple inversion of Peisinoe, one of the Sirens (sigma 280, end). NF: perhaps connected to the Roman cognomen Piso.
[a] NF: perhaps connected with 'Pisonos?', one of the bewildering number of names borne by Siniskolon in Cappadocia (Barrington Atlas map 64 grid G3, with Directory II.990).
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Revision history5 revisions · last 4 Aug 2011
- reworked note — David Whitehead
- tweak — David Whitehead
- expanded notes; added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added 2 notes — Nicholas Fincher
- Revised — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead