Πριμοπιλάριος
primipiliarius, primipilus
Translated by David Whitehead2 Mar 2004Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[sc. A term for] the holder of a superior military rank amongst Romans.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πριμοπιλάριος· ὁ τὸ μεῖζον ἀξίωμα τῶν στρατιωτῶν ἔχων παρὰ Ῥωμαίοις.
Betacode
*primopila/rios: o( to\ mei=zon a)ci/wma tw=n stratiwtw=n e)/xwn para\ *(rwmai/ois.
Notes
- Chief centurion (transliterated Latin word): same entry, according to Adler, in the unpublished Lexicon Romanum codicis Barocciani 50. See e.g. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 9.10.2, and generally OCD4 s.v.
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