Παράσημος
counterfeit, incorrect
Translated by David Whitehead25 Jul 2011Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παράσημος· ἀδόκιμος. καὶ Παράσημον, τὸ σεσημασμένον, καὶ ὕποπτον. καὶ παράσημον ἦν τὸ λεγόμενον καὶ φυγὴν ἐδόκει δηλοῦν.
Betacode
*para/shmos: a)do/kimos. kai\ *para/shmon, to\ seshmasme/non, kai\ u(/popton. kai\ para/shmon h)=n to\ lego/menon kai\ fugh\n e)do/kei dhlou=n.
Notes (2)
- The headword is the masculine nominative singular form of the adjective. It is perhaps extracted from Demosthenes (cf. pi 431) but more probably from Euripides, Hippolytus 1115, where the gloss of the scholia is the same as the present gloss.
See also pi 358. - 1= Synagoge, Photius pi294. ↩
- 2Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 2.15.8; cf. de Boor (100) and Whitby (64). During Comentiolus's campaign against the Avars in the spring of 587, a draft animal lost its load. The shouts of the animal's owner were mistaken by the marching soldiers as a command for them to turn and retreat, causing a panic; cf. Histories 2.15.7. On Comentiolus, see kappa 1990 generally. On the Avars, see generally alpha 18 note. ↩
References
C. de Boor, ed., Theophylacti Simocattae Historiae, (Leipzig 1887, reprint 2022)
M. Whitby and M. Whitby, eds. and trans., The History of Theophylact Simocatta, (Oxford 1986)
M. Whitby and M. Whitby, eds. and trans., The History of Theophylact Simocatta, (Oxford 1986)
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- expanded n.2; added bibliography, cross-references, and keywords — Ronald Allen
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked note — David Whitehead
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- Translated — David Whitehead