Παιτῖτα
entreaties
Translated by David Porter21 Nov 2011Vetting: high9 revisions
Translation
The term [is] Latin.1 It signifies a bill of demand amongst Romans.2
"Chrysaphius the praepositus ["prefect"] used to seek petita [from] Theodosius the emperor.3
"Chrysaphius the praepositus ["prefect"] used to seek petita [from] Theodosius the emperor.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παιτῖτα· Ῥωμαϊστὶ ἡ λέξις. σημαίνει δὲ γνώρισμα αἰτήσεως παρὰ Ῥωμαίοις. Χρυσάφιος δὲ ὁ πραιπόσιτος παιτῖτα ἐπεζήτει Θεοδόσιον τὸν βασιλέα.
Betacode
*paiti=ta: *(rwmai+sti\ h( le/cis. shmai/nei de\ gnw/risma ai)th/sews para\ *(rwmai/ois. *xrusa/fios de\ o( praipo/sitos paiti=ta e)pezh/tei *qeodo/sion to\n basile/a.
Notes (3)
- 1cf. pi 1396. ↩
- 2Same entry, according to Adler, in the unpublished Lexicon Romanum codicis Barocciani 50. ↩
- 3John Malalas Chronographia p.363 Dindorf, now XIV.19 Thurn (p.283) (cf. Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti de virtutibus et vitiis 1.162.25-163.1). See also Jeffreys et al. (p.198). On Theodosius II (emperor 402-450) and Chrysaphius see also theta 145 (with the note there) and pi 2441. ↩
References
L.A. Dindorf, ed., Ioannis Malalae Chronographia, (Bonn 1831)
J. Thurn, ed., Ioannis Malalae Chronographia, (Berlin 2000)
E. Jeffreys, M. Jeffreys, and R. Scott, trans., The Chronicle of John Malalas, (Leiden 1986)
J. Thurn, ed., Ioannis Malalae Chronographia, (Berlin 2000)
E. Jeffreys, M. Jeffreys, and R. Scott, trans., The Chronicle of John Malalas, (Leiden 1986)
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Revision history9 revisions · last 5 Aug 2026
- added bibliography, augmented n.3 — Ronald Allen
- coding — David Whitehead
- coding — Catharine Roth
- added a note and a keyword — Catharine Roth
- expanded n.2; raised status — David Whitehead
- tweak — Catharine Roth
- tweaked tr — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- tweak, cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Porter