Πρωθήβας
young adults
Translated by William Hutton9 Oct 2013Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Appian [writes]: "for the sparing of the men who had returned from the war, he was enlisting young adults, who had no prior experience of war, into 2 legions."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πρωθήβας· Ἀππιανός· ὁ δὲ φειδοῖ τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν ἐκ τοῦ πολέμου ἐληλυθότων κατέλεγε πρωθήβας, οὐ πρὶν πολέμου πεπειραμένους, ἐς βʹ τέλη.
Betacode
*prwqh/bas: *)appiano/s: o( de\ feidoi= tw=n a)ndrw=n tw=n e)k tou= pole/mou e)lhluqo/twn kate/lege prwqh/bas, ou) pri\n pole/mou pepeirame/nous, e)s b# te/lh.
Notes (1)
- The headword, an accusative plural form of the noun
prwqh/bhs (as in the quotation that follows), is difficult to render with a single English noun. Literally 'first-youths', i.e. those in the first stage of young manhood. The lemma, unglossed here, may be a remnant of an entry similar to Hesychius pi4132, Synagoge pi349, and Photius pi1234 Theodoridis, deriving from commentary on Homer, Iliad 8.518 (where the headword occurs in this case and number). For more on this noun see the next entry, pi 2943. - 1An abridgement (in Adler's opinion via the Excerpta of Constantine Porphyrogenitus) of Appian, Iberica 274. The passage refers to the campaigns of Q. Fabius Maximus Aemilianus in Iberia (142 BCE). ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 22 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cosmeticule — William Hutton
- another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — William Hutton