Σημαῖαι

standards

Translated by Catharine Roth9 Apr 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 42 words
[Meaning] signs, busts.1
"Pilate brought the images of Tiberius, which they call standards, into Judaea under wraps; but the [Jews] were dumbfounded, as their customs had been violated; for they did not consider it right for [something] representational to enter the city."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σημαῖαι· σίγνα, προτομαί. Πιλάτος εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν τὰς Τιβερίου εἰκόνας, αἳ σημαῖαι καλοῦνται, κεκαλυμμένας εἰσήνεγκεν· οἱ δὲ ἐξεπλάγησαν, ὡς πεπατημένων αὐτοῖς τῶν νομίμων· οὐδὲν γὰρ ἠξίουν δείκηλον ἐν τῇ πόλει εἰσιέναι.

Betacode
*shmai=ai: si/gna, protomai/. *pila/tos ei)s th\n *)ioudai/an ta\s *tiberi/ou ei)ko/nas, ai(\ shmai=ai kalou=ntai, kekalumme/nas ei)sh/negken: oi( de\ e)cepla/ghsan, w(s pepathme/nwn au)toi=s tw=n nomi/mwn: ou)de\n ga\r h)ci/oun dei/khlon e)n th=| po/lei ei)sie/nai.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica (references at Photius sigma170 Theodoridis); and cf. sigma 316. The first gloss is the Latin word signa. ↩
  2. 2Josephus, Jewish War 2.169-170, here abridged (web address 1). ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 23 Dec 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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