Σήκρητον
privy-chamber
Translated by Yannick Muller3 Feb 2014Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Also [sc. attested is] prwtoashkrh/tis ["(office of the) chief secretary.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σήκρητον. καὶ Πρωτοασηκρήτις.
Betacode
*sh/krhton. kai\ *prwtoashkrh/tis.
Notes (1)
- The unglossed primary headword is a straight transliteration of Latin secretum.
- 1(Addendum lacking, Adler reports, in mss AF. In other mss the orthography of the noun varies: see below.) This is the title of a high-ranked official of the Byzantine court from the 6th century CE onwards. He is the head
a)shkrh/ths , overseeing the imperial notaries in charge of elaborating official documents and keeping records. It is also speltprwtoashkrh/ths andprwtashkrh/tis . In the Byzantine sources the term seems to be invariable: see e.g. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, De ceremoniis aulae Byzantinae 708.9, 709.18, 714.15, 759.12 Reiske; ps.-Symeon, Chronographia 668.4 Bekker; Theophanes Continuatus, Chronographia 195.14 Bekker; Michael Psellus, Orationes forenses et acta 7.25, 7.89, 7.104, 7.136 Dennis; Zonaras, Epitome historiarum (lib. 13-18) 244.17, 403.15 Büttner-Wobst, etc. Nevertheless Sophocles' Lexicon mentions an accusative form. ↩
References
E.A. Sophocles, Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine periods (New York, 1900), s.v. sh/krhton and prwtoashkrh/tis .
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Revision history2 revisions · last 3 Feb 2014
- coding — Catharine Roth
- expanded and tweaked notes; more keywords; cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — Yannick Muller