Τελώνιον
customs-house
Translated by Catharine Roth10 Dec 2012Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τελώνιον· προπαροξυτόνως, διὰ τοῦ ι γραπτέον. Πισίδης· ἠβουλόμην δὲ πᾶν τὸ τοῦ λόγου πλάτος ἐν τῷ στενῷ σου προσβαλεῖν τελωνίῳ.
Betacode
*telw/nion: proparocuto/nws, dia\ tou= i grapte/on. *pisi/dhs: h)boulo/mhn de\ pa=n to\ tou= lo/gou pla/tos e)n tw=| stenw=| sou prosbalei=n telwni/w|.
Notes (2)
- 1That is, with acute accent on the second syllable; as distinct from
telwnei=on (tau 291). ↩ - 2George of Pisidia, Against Severus 496-7 Tartaglia, comparing Severus's theological arguments to the fraudulent dealings of tax collectors; cf. Tartaglia (292, note 64). On Severus, the monophysite Patriarch of Antioch 512-518, see generally sigma 271. ↩
References
L. Tartaglia, ed., Carmi di Giorgio di Pisidia, (Torino 1998)
Linked from2 entries
- τ287Τελώνηςtax-collector, publican[Meaning] advance-payment. Iamblichus [writes]: "the tax-collector gave the necklace to the merchant. Will not already wolves set down lambs out of their mouths and lions release from their teeth fawns to their mothers,…
- τ291Τελωνεῖονtax-booth, tax-office[Accentuated] with a circumflex on the penultimate syllable, [and meaning the place] where the tax-collector sits.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 26 Dec 2025
- expanded n.2; added bibliography, cross-reference, and keywords — Ronald Allen
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth