Πρίγκιπες
principes
Translated by David Whitehead1 Mar 2010Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
This is what Romans call those who are in the prime of life; for the younger and poorer men they call velites,1 then the principes;2 the oldest men [are called] triarii;3 and the so-called hastati come before the principes. And these are the names. As regards the deployment: the triarii are 600, the principes 1200, the hastati the same, the velites more than four thousand; and [the velites] carry a sword and a javelin.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πρίγκιπες· οὕτω καλοῦσι Ῥωμαῖοι τοὺς ἀκμαιοτάτους ταῖς ἡλικίαις· τοὺς γὰρ νεωτέρους καὶ πενιχροτέρους γροσφομάχους καλοῦσιν, εἶτα τοὺς πρίγκιπας· τοὺς δὲ πρεσβύτας τριαρίους· καὶ τοὺς ἁστάτους καλουμένους, οἵ εἰσι πρότεροι τῶν πριγκίπων. καὶ αὗται μὲν αἱ ὀνομασίαι. ἡ δὲ ἐξόπλισις τοὺς μὲν τριαρίους εἶναι χʹ, τοὺς δὲ πρίγκιπας ʹ22ασʹ, ἴσους δὲ τούτοις τοὺς ἁστάτους, τοὺς δὲ γροσφομάχους πλείους τῶν τετρακισχιλίων· φορεῖν δὲ μάχαιραν καὶ γρόσφον.
Betacode
*pri/gkipes: ou(/tw kalou=si *(rwmai=oi tou\s a)kmaiota/tous tai=s h(liki/ais: tou\s ga\r newte/rous kai\ penixrote/rous grosfoma/xous kalou=sin, ei)=ta tou\s pri/gkipas: tou\s de\ presbu/tas triari/ous: kai\ tou\s a(sta/tous kaloume/nous, oi(/ ei)si pro/teroi tw=n prigki/pwn. kai\ au(=tai me\n ai( o)nomasi/ai. h( de\ e)co/plisis tou\s me\n triari/ous ei)=nai x#, tou\s de\ pri/gkipas #22as1#, i)/sous de\ tou/tois tou\s a(sta/tous, tou\s de\ grosfoma/xous plei/ous tw=n tetrakisxili/wn: forei=n de\ ma/xairan kai\ gro/sfon.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 3 Nov 2011
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another note — David Whitehead
- added cross-references, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead