Τήρωνες

tiros

Translated by David Whitehead8 Dec 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

20 words

Translation

Those whose military knowledge is recent and who have not yet been trained in dangers are called 'tiros' among Romans.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τήρωνες· οἱ ἀρτιμαθεῖς τὰ πολέμια καὶ οὔπω ἐγγεγυμνασμένοι τοῖς κινδύνοις τήρωνες καλοῦνται παρὰ Ῥωμαίοις.

Betacode
*th/rwnes: oi( a)rtimaqei=s ta\ pole/mia kai\ ou)/pw e)ggegumnasme/noi toi=s kindu/nois th/rwnes kalou=ntai para\ *(rwmai/ois.  

Notes

  1. Latin tirones.
    cf. (but more prosaically) ps-Zonaras tau1727.

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Revision history4 revisions · last 13 Jan 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. augmented note — David Whitehead
  4. added note, set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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