Σεξστίλιος

Sextilis

Translated by David Whitehead4 Oct 2004Vetting: high3 revisions

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[sc. The equivalent of] August.¹ A name of a month among Romans.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σεξστίλιος· ὁ Αὔγουστος. ὄνομα μηνὸς παρὰ Ῥωμαίοις.

Betacode

*secsti/lios: o( *au)/goustos. o)/noma mhno\s para\ *(rwmai/ois.

For its Greek version Sextilios, as here, see e.g. Plutarch, Romulus 15 (end): "the month then called Sextilios, now Augustos".
1A marginal addition, Adler reports, in ms M; lacking in AGF. ↩

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