Τόμις
Tomis, Tomi
Translated by David Whitehead24 Sep 2002Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Name of a city. Spelled in two ways.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τόμις· ὄνομα πόλεως. διφορεῖται.
Betacode
*to/mis: o)/noma po/lews. diforei=tai.
Notes (1)
- Present-day Constantsa, in Romania, on the Black Sea (Barrington Atlas map 22 grid F4). A Milesian colony of the (?)C6 BC. Most famous as the place of exile of the Roman poet Ovid. See generally OCD(4) s.v.
- 1That is, with omega rather than omicron as the first vowel: cf. tau 859. The omicron version appears to be the more authentic: Strabo 7.5.12, 7.6.1; Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Tomeus. ↩
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Revision history6 revisions · last 22 Sep 2022
- added map reference — Ronald Allen
- cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead