Πρυτανευούσης

controlling

Translated by Catharine Roth19 Dec 2012Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 44 words
"With the nature of the terrain not allowing them to go farther, but measuring the length of the trench for them and controlling [it] appropriately [...]."1
And elsewhere: "but the envoys came with an intent to manage the reconciliation for both Parthians and Romans."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πρυτανευούσης· τῆς τοῦ χωρίου φύσεως οὐκ ἐφιείσης σφίσι περαιτέρω ἰέναι, ἀλλὰ τὸ τῆς διώρυχος μῆκος συμμετρούσης αὐτοῖς καὶ πρυτανευούσης εἰκότως. καὶ αὖθις· οἱ δὲ πρέσβεις ἧκον τοῦ πρυτανεύσειν Πάρθοις τε καὶ Ῥωμαίοις τὰς διαλλαγάς.

Betacode
*prutaneuou/shs: th=s tou= xwri/ou fu/sews ou)k e)fiei/shs sfi/si peraite/rw i)e/nai, a)lla\ to\ th=s diw/ruxos mh=kos summetrou/shs au)toi=s kai\ prutaneuou/shs ei)ko/tws. kai\ au)=qis: oi( de\ pre/sbeis h(=kon tou= prutaneu/sein *pa/rqois te kai\ *(rwmai/ois ta\s diallaga/s.

Notes (2)

  1. The headword, presumably extracted from the first quotation given, is present participle (feminine genitive singular) of prutaneu/w. For this verb see also pi 2991, pi 2992, pi 2994, pi 2995.
  2. 1Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 8.11.14 (web address 1); during the Lazic War (541-562) in 551 CE, the Romans under general Bessas (cf. PLRE II s.v.) attempt to undermine the circuit-wall of the Persian garrison at Petra (cf. alpha 906 note) with a trench, but their excavations are limited by hard rock outcroppings; cf. Kaldellis (484). ↩
  3. 2Quotation (using the future infinitive of the same verb) unidentifiable. Adler notes that Roos attributed it to Arrian but did go as far as to include it in the fragments. Jacoby attempted a reconstruction in his commentary to FGrH 156 F34. ↩

References


J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. II, (Cambridge 1980)
A. Kaldellis, ed. and H.B. Dewing, trans., Prokopios: The Wars of Justinian, (Indianapolis 2014)

External resources

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Neighbouring entries

π2991Πρυτανεύεταιis controlled, are controlledπ2992Πρυτανεύονταprytaningπ2993Πρυτανευούσηςcontrollingπ2994ΠρυτανεύωI control, I manage, I regulateπ2995Πρυτανεύσητεyou would be prytaneis
Revision history4 revisions · last 31 Mar 2024
  1. expanded n.1; added bibliography, cross-reference, and link — Ronald Allen
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. augmented notes and keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
  4. Revised — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — Catharine Roth

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