Συνθηματικῶς
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Translated by Catharine Roth17 Mar 2014Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Συνθηματικῶς· συμβολικῶς. ἐπιστολὰς ἔγραψε συνθηματικῶς, καθάπερ ἔθος ἦν αὐτοῖς· ὥστε τὸν κυριεύσαντα τῆς ἐπιστολῆς μὴ δύνασθαι γνῶναι μηδὲν τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ γεγραμμένων. καὶ αὖθις· τὸν Αὔγουστον ἐπευφημῶν πολλάκις καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις τοῦτο διδοὺς σύνθημα.
Betacode
*sunqhmatikw=s: sumbolikw=s. e)pistola\s e)/graye sunqhmatikw=s, kaqa/per e)/qos h)=n au)toi=s: w(/ste to\n kurieu/santa th=s e)pistolh=s mh\ du/nasqai gnw=nai mhde\n tw=n e)n au)th=| gegramme/nwn. kai\ au)=qis: to\n *au)/gouston e)peufhmw=n polla/kis kai\ toi=s a)/llois tou=to didou\s su/nqhma.
Notes (3)
- 1The headword (presumably extracted from the first quotation given) and the gloss are in fact adverbs in the Greek ↩
- 2Polybius 8.17.4-5, on Bolis (beta 480) et al. ↩
- 3Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable, but Bernhardy suggested that it refers to 'Messalla' (= M. Valerius Messalla Corvinus) greeting Octavian as Augustus. For
su/nqhma , see also sigma 1590. It is unclear whether the present context is military, as there and also e.g. xi 144. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 18 Mar 2014
- expanded note — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth