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- α820ἈκατίροιςAkatiroi, AkatziriPart of the long quotation from Priscus given at alpha 18: Priscus fr. 30 Carolla. On the Akatziri (Acatziri, Akatiri, Akateiri), a people living along the Black Sea west of the Crimea, see Blockley …
- χ144ΧάρυβδιςCharybdis… Letter 7, 5345D. Likewise or similarly in other lexica. [3] Priscus fr.24 FHG (4.102), now 48a Bornmann, still 48a Carolla. The fragment is unplaced. [4] From an ancient (and not very competent) summary of …
- δ1594Δυσαῶν ἀνέμωνof tempestuous winds… derives from Homer, Odyssey 13.99 (a)ne/mwn ... dusah/wn). [2] From Priscus (using a different Greek word for 'winds'), concerning Charybdis: see under chi 144.
- λ329ΛεύκιοςLucius, Leukios… Livy 1.34 (web address 1). [1] This is Lucius Tarquinius Priscus (whose Etruscan name, according to Livy, was Lucumo), the legendary fifth king of Rome (616-579 trad.). See T.J. Cornell in OCD(4) s.v. Tarquinius …
- ι368ἼνδακοςIndakos, IndacusAfter the opening gloss, this material is Priscus fr.60 Bornmann, now fr.79 Carolla. See also iota 370 (and epsilon 3827, epsilon 4014 and chi 200, which incorporate part of the present entry). On Indakos, …
- α18ἌβαριςAbaris, Avars… Justinian (cf. iota 446 generally), see Louth (110, map). [7] Priscus fr.30 FHG (4.104), still 30 Bornmann and 30 Carolla. Carolla identifies (69 note) the first part up to *sabi/nwras as not literally Priscan; …
- α3803ἈρδαβούριοςArdabourios, Ardaburius, Ardabur… been attributed to Menander Protector (fr.20 FHG) and, more plausibly, Priscus (fr. 59 Bornmann). [1] On Marcian, see the De Imperatoribus Romanis entry by Geoffrey Nathan at web address 1. [2] This phrase echoes …
- κ2776ΚῦροςKuros, Kyros, Cyrus… address 1); and brief references in later works dependent on Priscus (John Mal. xiv.361-2; John Lydus De mag. 2.12, 3.42; Chron. Pasch, s.a. 450; Theophanes A.M. 5937; and theta 145). [1] In Egypt. Panopolis …