Σύρα
sura, syra
Translated by Catharine Roth9 Jun 2014Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Among Romans [this means] the divine epistle.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σύρα· παρὰ Ῥωμαίοις ἡ θεία ἐπιστολή.
Betacode
*su/ra: para\ *(rwmai/ois h( qei/a e)pistolh/.
Notes
- According to Adler, this puzzling entry is found also in the unpublished Lexicon codicis Barocciani 50 (ff.109-110). It does not appear to be a Latin word, unless perhaps it was an abbreviation of scriptura. It resembles the Arabic word sūra used for chapters of the Qur'an, for which etymologies in Hebrew and Syriac have been suggested (see Wikipedia entry at web address 1, and Jeffery p. 181-2).
References
Arthur Jeffery, The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qur'ān. Leiden: Brill 2007.
External resources
- Web address 1 en.wikipedia.org
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 27 May 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- added bibliography — Catharine Roth
- another keyword; tweaking; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth