Σίλας

Silas

Translated by David Whitehead24 Apr 2003Vetting: high6 revisions

2 notes · 14 words
A proper name.1 Also [sc. attested is] Sila in the feminine, a proper name.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σίλας· ὄνομα κύριον. καὶ Σίλα θηλυκόν, ὄνομα κύριον.

Betacode
*si/las: o)/noma ku/rion. kai\ *si/la qhluko/n, o)/noma ku/rion.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Best known as that of St Paul's companion in Acts. ↩
  2. 2That of the Sila Forest in Calabria (SE Italy), half of which was appropriated by the Romans from the Bruttians in the mid third century BCE: Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 20.15.1; OCD(4) s.v. ↩

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Revision history6 revisions · last 25 May 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. another keyword — David Whitehead
  5. augmented n.2 — David Whitehead
  6. set status — Catharine Roth
  7. Translated — David Whitehead

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